Comments on: More Defections At Google

By: 5 Steps to the Perfect Web Designer Resume

5 Steps to the Perfect Web Designer Resume — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:52:53 +0000

[...] recently noticed Kevin Fox was leaving Google for an undisclosed startup. For those of you who don’t know, [...]

By: Working for the big boys

Working for the big boys — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:32:02 +0000

[...] like G’s VP of Global Online Sales and Operations moving to become COO at Facebook. Or the series of guys who left to find their next fortune at some new [...]

By: Ree Tanjuatco

Ree Tanjuatco — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:52:53 +0000

This isn’t news. This is a natural succession of a growing corporation. It’s like hair, you grow some and lose some… well until you get bald…

By: VIRAL NETWORKS by ozan onay

VIRAL NETWORKS by ozan onay — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:58:19 +0000

‘googley’ products and kevin fox’s legacy…

A couple of days ago Kevin Fox (the user experience designer behind Gmail and Google Reader) announced that he will no longer be working for google. This seemed like a good time to reflect on lessons we can take from his work.
His products are exemplar…

By: Allan

Allan — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:38:47 +0000

Wow.. looks like the most “fun” place to work for geeks is starting to get lame..

yea.. the quot marks are intentional.. not a geek.. xD

By: Narendra

Narendra — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:03:52 +0000

Unless it is a disgruntled startup (e.g. Dodgeball), or a VP or above, people leaving Google is not news.

By: bill

bill — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:05:08 +0000

I’m sure they are great people. However, I think Google could use a new UI designer for gmail. Gmail is user hostile compared to Hotmail and Yahoo.

By: kwoff.com

kwoff.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:16:18 +0000

More Defections At Google…

Today we learn of two more Googlers leaving the search giant: Kevin Fox, a UI designer who worked on Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Reader, and Nathan Stoll, a product manager at Google News….

By: Steel

Steel — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:20:49 +0000

I think if you look around all the names that left Google, some have been key personnel in certain areas. People looking for greener grass is not a big deal in the big scheme, however, sometimes key people peak and then get into a rut doing the same thing day after day and for sanity sake need to move on.

By: Billco

Billco — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:02:18 +0000

Calling these “defections” is baseless fear-mongering. People don’t stick around the same job for 50 years anymore, there’s more to life than a steady paycheck. These guys have made their money at Google, and now they’re going to try different things. If there were something really wrong with Google, we wouldn’t be hearing about 2-3 management guys leaving, it would be hundreds of staff of all ranks quitting in droves.

By: Dekut.com

Dekut.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:25:14 +0000

More Defections At Google…

Today we learn of two more Googlers leaving the search giant: Kevin Fox, a UI designer who worked on Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Reader, and Nathan Stoll, a product manager at Google News. Fox is going to an unnamed startup…

By: Oo

Oo — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:49:49 +0000

:O Pity, I thought working at Google would rock. Well, some seem to think it doesn’t. I like the google apps but most of them I wont use because I’d rather just use Word instead of google docs, or so the battle seems even, openoffice, why? It’s just more comfortable.

By: larf

larf — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:19:21 +0000

This totally matters!

Seriously you guys shut up so I can hear what he is saying!

By: Ojaville

Ojaville — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:10:39 +0000

Why quit your profitable day job at Google?…

I was going through my communities today and discovered an interesting post titled More Defections at Google
So I think that it seems more like something happening inside. Its more like – Google will crumble because it lost 2 employees, just like Chel…

By: If a pm quits in a forest

If a pm quits in a forest — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:04:38 +0000

… does it make a sound?

PMs are the lowest from of life in a tech company. I bet only the HR dept noticed these guys were gone.

By: Michael T. Halligan

Michael T. Halligan — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:07:22 +0000

Given the sad excuse for a UI that is Google Calendar, this is not much of a loss.

By: David

David — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:53:31 +0000

Wow, as a Google employee I can’t believe how one-sided your explanation here is. Have you heard of stock options? Well all companies with stellar stock experience defections after their early employees vest…

By: UberInvestor.com

UberInvestor.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:09:52 +0000

It happened at Microsoft and will happen at Google and any other hot startup. When recruiters start hunting for employees based on “who they know inside” than “what they are qualified to do” it becomes a turn off for good employees and good potential employees. Microsoft has been doing it. Google is doing it too. One might think that because of Google’s rising stock market valuation, everyone wants to work there (something which was thought about MSFT too). But the reality is that for good employees this is not the top priority, because they know wherever they go they will do well financially.

By: Mantari

Mantari — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:07:27 +0000

I was told by a Google employee that Google doesn’t interview the best and the brightest anymore, because they’ve already hired the best and brightest. The future must be very dark, indeed!

By: Brandon Harrison

Brandon Harrison — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:12:09 +0000

WHO CARES? REPORT REAL NEWS PLEASE

By: Brandon Harrison

Brandon Harrison — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:10:55 +0000

How is this news? ex-google people have never done anything. It’s not like they are ex-PayPal

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:31:11 +0000

Hmm, for a lame post there sure are a lot of comments.

If you don’t like this one, we put out more than 15 other posts today. Go read those.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:44:19 +0000

I’ve read that that many of the “perks” at Google are highly overrated. However, that’s just hearsay.

By: bigdaddy

bigdaddy — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:34:43 +0000

Is this noteworthy? Not good when you already have the lamest article of the year on January 4th. They’ve been there a while, are probably absurdly rich, and are probably bored shitless.

Happens pretty regulary (well, except the silly rich part, which probably makes the decision a whole lot easier).

By: Nemrut

Nemrut — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:41:51 +0000

i always thought gmail, google calendar were overrated and not very intuitive. maybe this speaks to some of their emplyees as well…