A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals
Summary
Claire Stapleton, a former Google employee, wrote a book about her 12 years at the company, describing how her experience changed from positive to difficult. She helped organize a 2018 employee walkout protesting Google’s handling of sexual misconduct, and later resigned, feeling the company had moved away from its original values.Key Facts
- In 2018, about 20,000 Google employees protested over sexual misconduct and other issues.
- Claire Stapleton was one of the organizers and was later demoted before she resigned.
- Stapleton started at Google in 2007 and initially admired the company.
- She experienced mixed feelings working at Google Creative Lab in New York, finding the work unrealistic.
- After leaving Google, she wrote an essay and eventually a book about her time at the company.
- Stapleton describes a major change at Google when Larry Page became CEO in 2011.
- She and other former employees felt emotionally tied to their work at Google and compared the company culture to a kind of cult.
- Her book explores how Google shifted from a company with the motto “Don’t be evil” to one seen as a powerful corporation with serious issues.
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