In the past couple months Google started enforcing quotas for low ratings (6% this year and 8% in 2023) that might lead to PIP and termination. To achieve it they introduced support check-in (SCI) that should be given before any low ratings. It's similar to dev list at Amazon. Quota for check-ins is 10-20% depending on the org. The leadership publically denies quotas existence but managers are pushed to do it. In my team the manager gave support check to the most recent hire (9 months in) with very vague feedback as not enough influence across teams, and that is for L4 level. Completely out of the blue, with no prior warning. He is a decent engineer and definitely doesn't deserve it. Our internal channel is full of desperate posts from people put on SCI (with all good previous performance or new hires just few months in a company), managers ranting they have no choice but to choose someone in their team to sacrifice, otherwise they will receive SCI themselves. I even saw a post of someone planning suicide because of support check-in, it was later removed. Please, someone should end all this madness. TC 270
Welcome to America
Ok hire me, I act as pip lighting rod
Wow sounds literally like Amazon lounge
Welcome to the new world - Amazon
Could it be that amazon management has infected google ?
You must be so naive if you think Amazon managers can move to Google en masse and cause a massive culture shift like this. This seems like it’s driven all the way from the top on down. Middle managers don’t just group up and enforce this shit just because they feel like it. Comments regarding performance expectations from Google’s CEO foreshadowed this months ago
Happened to Meta, could definitely be happening at google
CEO and board members need to be part of pip to be fair
Says a modern slave lmao
Suicide is a bit overreaction?
At the same time we have wellbeing sessions to prevent burnout lol. Next step should be complimentary antidepressants in cafes with free food
At Google, being just Okay is not okay anymore
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Everyone is now learning from Amazon. Amazon has been doing it for years
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^ exactly, GE is the PIP granddaddy