<![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google]]> @cowsandmilk: What the fuck is an Adwords CSR in another complex going to do with 20% time off? They're a technology company, PR personnel don't need free time to develop new technology. I hate most engineers, but it doesn't make sense to give the entire staff project time.

Dweezil

]]> <![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google]]> How about this: Google should just be honest with its recruits. "Unless you're an engineer, you ain't getting 20%." And, "Even if you're an engineer, we're going to discourage you from using your 20%."

Fair enough, right?

All anyone is asking for is honesty.

MarkTheMarketWatcher

]]> <![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google]]> @Dweezil: because a good way to run a company is to tell the majority of their employees they aren't valued enough to be allowed to innovate? The classic example of the flaw in this thinking is the street sweepers at Disney World. They are the people that make the difference between a great and awful customer experience. Google's Engineers are like the people who play Mickey Mouse at Disney World, they're needed, but they're already top-notch. You don't get that much benefit from further empowering them.

cowsandmilk

]]> <![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google]]> Well, I'm not in love with Google, but only giving the 20 percent time to engineers makes sense.

Dweezil

]]> <![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google]]> Like Soviet Union, Google is Worker's Paradise!
[www.google.com]

ScalaWag

]]> <![CDATA[Wired writer flacks for Google]]> Wired will be on Google's nuts for a while longer. Magazines have a three-month lag time from the time an article is written until publication.

Heck, until relatively recently, V-Wag bought into the Google lies.

So cut the MSM some slack: They ride on the short bus to recognizing trends.

MarkTheMarketWatcher

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