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If I wanted to work long hours, I'd be at a startup: Google engineer who works 1 hour/day
- A Google engineer is making headlines by working just one hour per day and still earning an impressive annual salary of $150,000 (approximately ₹1.24 crore). This approach stands in contrast to traditional work norms.
- Expressing a preference for work-life balance, the engineer highlighted that if they desired longer work hours, they would have chosen to work at a startup.
- They also opted against pursuing higher-paying options like hedge funds or quant positions due to the expectation of demanding workweeks exceeding 40 hours.
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Google techie works 1 hour a day, earns Rs 1.2 crore a year: Report
- Devon, a 20-something software engineer at Google, claims to work just an hour daily and earns $150,000 annually. He got a sign-in bonus and anticipates a year-end bonus.
- Devon's approach involves coding a significant part of tasks at the week's start, ensuring smooth progress after sending them to his manager.
- Google, known for its perks like free meals and high salaries, has 97% employee satisfaction, while only 57% is common in typical US firms.
- During a tech hiring surge, Google and others hired extensively, resulting in overstaffed positions to retain talent and thwart competition.
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Google techie in Bengaluru gives top reasons for not moving to US
- Aanshul Sadaria decision was influenced by personal factors, particularly the desire to stay close to family after his father's passing in 2021.
- He highlighted the potential for an excellent standard of living in India, with lower costs, better healthcare benefits, and a favorable work culture.
- Despite the trend of tech professionals moving to the US, Sadaria plans to settle back in India and emphasized his love for the country.
- He mentioned the growing trend of Indian techies returning to India and the often-overlooked advantages of the Indian tech industry compared to Western counterparts.
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Google is offering an on-campus hotel ‘special’ to help lure workers back to the office
- Google offers a "Summer Special" deal at its on-campus hotel in Mountain View, CA, for $99 per night to entice employees back to the office.
- The promotion is for unapproved business travel, so employees must pay using personal credit cards and won't be reimbursed.
- Some employees are skeptical, as the hotel stay would cost around $3,000 per month, disrupting work-life balance.
- Employees prefer their current residences with better amenities and value for money. A lower price point could make the deal more appealing.
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Google engineer finds out college juniors he taught are working at Amazon; post goes viral
- Raj Vikramaditya, an engineer with Google, taught coding to his juniors in college in West Bengal.
- He shared that the first benchers in his college class are now all software engineers working with Amazon.
- The college, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, was a tier-3 institution with limited placement opportunities.
- The students formed a coding club and took matters into their own hands to excel, leading to some of the best placement records in the state and students securing jobs in top tech companies like Google, Amazon, Swiggy, JP Morgan, and Microsoft.
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Meet Harshal Juikar, a non-engineering graduate who bags Rs 50+ lakh PA job at Google
- Harshal Juikar, a non-engineering graduate from MIT-World Peace University, secured a 50+ Lakhs per annum pay package at Google by pursuing an M.Sc. in Blockchain Technology.
- Harshal's achievement is remarkable because he chose an unconventional career path, defying traditional engineering routes, and stayed true to his passion for Blockchain Technology.
- He attributes his success to staying curious, being persistent, and fearlessly exploring uncharted territories in the pursuit of his passion.
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Surge in water consumption in Google data centers poses environmental concerns
- Google released its latest environmental report, revealing that its data centres and offices consumed a staggering 5.6 billion gallons of water in the past year.
- The amount of water used is equivalent to what is needed to irrigate approximately 37 golf courses in the southwestern United States annually.
- Data centres alone accounted for 5.2 billion gallons of water consumption in 2022, highlighting their significant impact on the company's water usage.
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Google Salary Data Leak Shows Employee Compensation in 2022
- In 2022, Google's median total compensation for employees was $279,802 (Rs 2.30 crore), according to leaked internal data.
- Software engineers at Google led the pack among the highest-paying positions with a maximum base salary of $718,000 (Rs 5.90 crore) in 2022.
- The top 10 highest-paying positions at Google, spanning engineering, business, and sales, all had maximum base salaries well into six figures.
- Google's 2022 median base pay trailed behind Meta ($296,320) but was higher than Salesforce ($199,130) and Adobe ($170,679) among other tech giants.
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Company fires top performer to teach a lesson to employees
- A Reddit user reveals that their company fired a top performer to send a message to other employees, indicating that no one is safe from termination.
- The post exposes a range of concerning practices, including commission theft by upper management and disregard for contractual terms.
- Reddit users express outrage, urging the original poster and colleagues to leave the company collectively and find alternative employment.
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Google sued for allegedly stealing data from millions of users to train its AI models
- Google, Alphabet, and DeepMind face a class-action lawsuit for allegedly stealing data without consent and violating copyright laws to train their AI tools.
- The lawsuit highlights Google's revised privacy policy, which allows the use of publicly accessible information to train language models, raising concerns about copyright issues and data exploitation.
- OpenAI and Meta are also facing copyright violation lawsuits from individuals, including comedian Sarah Silverman, for using their published works without permission to train AI models.
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Google co-founder's ex-wife breaks silence on alleged Elon Musk affair
- Nicole Shanahan, ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has denied allegations of having a brief affair with Elon Musk, which reportedly led to her separation from Sergey.
- In an interview with People magazine, Nicole clarified that she and Elon did not have a romantic relationship or an affair.
- Nicole stated that her interactions with Elon were purely collegial and focused on discussing her daughter's autism treatment, given Elon's involvement with Neuralink, his neurotechnology company.
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Google set to hire former Apple executive as India policy head
- Google is appointing Sreenivasa Reddy, a manufacturing and policy veteran, as its top government affairs executive in India.
- Reddy's experience includes senior positions at Apple and Ericsson, driving domestic manufacturing at both companies.
- His role at Google will involve expanding hardware assembly in India, starting with the Pixel smartphones.
- Reddy will also assist Google in navigating regulatory challenges, including ongoing antitrust charges in India.
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Where will the epic cage fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg take place? Tesla CEO reveals
- Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the highly anticipated cage fight between him and Mark Zuckerberg will take place in Rome's Colosseum.
- The location was suggested by the Minister of Culture, and negotiations about the fight details have been ongoing with UFC President Dana White.
- Despite the height and weight disparity between them, both billionaires are committed to the fight and unbothered by the physical differences.
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Kerala man awarded Rs 1 crore for finding Google’s security breach
- K L Sriram, a Malayali from Thiruvananthapuram, has been awarded approximately Rs 1,35,979 US dollars (nearly Rs 1 crore) for securing 2nd, 3rd, and 4th positions in Google's Vulnerability Reward Program-2022.
- Sriram's achievements involve finding and reporting security flaws in Google services, which are then addressed and fixed by the company.
- He has previously gained attention for discovering security breaches in Google and other platforms.
- Squadron Labs, a Canada-registered company, specializes in safeguarding organizations against cyber intrusions.
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‘Dal makhani again?’: Struggles in the life of a Google employee, summed up by Ankur Warikoo
- Entrepreneur Ankur Warikoo witnessed a real incident at Google's Gurgaon office where an employee complained about dal makhani being served twice in two days.
- Google is known for offering an impressive range of free food, snacks, and drinks to its employees worldwide, providing a different menu every day.
- The incident highlighted the vast difference between the office experience of an average Indian employee and a Google worker in terms of perks and amenities.
- Google's office perks include free meals and a variety of food options, leading some employees to take such benefits for granted, as seen in the incident with dal makhani.
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