There are still a lot of great people at Google. I know this because I used to work there. But there is a lot of people who should not be managers, and who should not represent the company in any way.
After participating in two employee walk outs, and hearing discussion later in TGIF (company meetings). I saw no concrete plan of action let alone actual action. The attitude I saw would be best described as politely patronizing. Most of management reacted like it was just the usual employee whining on par with which brand of coffee to stock in each cafeteria.
The problems of the relationship that Google has with employees is not any one person. It is a behavior that is scattered throughout the management hierarchy, in short it’s part of the management culture. They barely recognize they have a problem, even though they admit it to employees once a month, they never take responsibility of the problems.
Sadly, no one in HR or legal seems to want to educate the company on how employment laws work in California and the US. And I’m convinced the repeated violation of the law is going to bite Google hard. That’s assuming if anyone manages to slip away from forced arbitration clauses and really bring a serious suit against Google/Alphabet. FTEs often don’t have legal standing with how TVCs are treated, and TVCs often signed pretty nasty contracts that limit their ability to bring suit. (even if National Labor Relations Act protects collective action, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis seems to allow mandatory arbitration clauses)
