If you wear fur, they will kill you
The Economist has an article on Google and its staggering growth.
There is little new information for someone who has been following the progress of the company but this little Valleywagish nugget amused me:
One former executive, now suing Google over her treatment, says that the firm’s personnel department is “collapsing” and that “absolute chaos” reigns. When she was hired, nobody knew when or where she was supposed to work, and the balloons that all Nooglers get delivered to their desks ended up God knows where. She started receiving detailed e-mails “enforcing” Google’s outward informality by reminding her that high heels and jewellery were inappropriate. Before the corporate ski trip, it was explained that “if you wear fur, they will kill you.”
If Google wins the US spectrum auction and really comes out with a gPhone (I believe they will) then yes, we will have a fully realized Big Brother on our hands. The “Don’t be Evil” mantra will be tested every day. Fur and high heels will be the least of our worries.
