Search marketing: Evolving roles, responsibilities, challenges
Despite increased churn within organizations, job satisfaction is high, a new Search Engine Land survey finds.
Topic: Employee turnover
On Google Growing Up, Losing Employees & Being The New “California”
Google’s lost yet another high profile employee, apparently to Facebook. Another sign that Google’s slipping, to some. Perhaps. For me, Google has become the new “California,” stealing that role away from Yahoo. Come along a tale of equity refugees and companies growing up. California: The Former Golden State I’m a California native. I grew up […]
Google Spends $1.6 Billion (So Far) On 40 Acqusitions In 2010, Loses Key Personnel
Google just filed its quarterly 10Q statement. Among the things in the filing is detail about Google’s acquisitions in 2010. There were 40 costing Google a total of $1.6 billion and change. There were three substantial acquisitions (mostly bought with stock) and a whole bunch of smaller acquisitions that Google lumps together in the filing: […]
Where Have All The Xooglers Gone?
Esquire explores what it calls “the Google Diaspora,” chronicling the departures of some of Google’s higher profile employees. There’s a lot of color but nothing really new here. In one sense the real story, which the magazine partly acknowledges, is how the company has managed to hold on to so many folks given the inclination […]
Yahoo’s Exodus Continues: Director Communications & Search Monkey PM
We have covered many but far from all of the Yahoo employees who have left the company over the course of the years. I wanted to add two more to the list of those who joined the “Yahoo Exodus.” TechCrunch has news on two people leaving Yahoo. The first is Yahoo’s project manager of the […]
YouTube’s Former Revenue Chief: “Google Got A Little Big For Me”
Google is experiencing some bumps in transitioning from a smaller innovator to a larger, more mature player in the market. Over the past year or so there have been numerous employee departures, often to start new companies themselves or to join what used to be called “pre-IPO” startups (e.g., Facebook). The most recent case involves […]
Google Loses Another Exec: CIO Douglas Merrill Goes To EMI
Word is from John Furrier that Google Chief Information Officer Douglas Merrill is leaving the company to become president of EMI. News.com has confirmation of his departure from Google and says sources also say he’s going to EMI. The New York Times also has sources saying he’s headed to the music company. Merrill’s departure (recently […]
Google Checkout Googler Benjamin Ling Checkouts To Facebook
Back in June, Justin Rosenstein — a Google product manager — generated some buzz when he left for Facebook with an email calling it "The Google Of Yesterday." Today, news that another Googler has gone over, this time Google Checkout product manager Benjamin Ling. Netly News has more details, and the story also notes YouTube’s […]
Top Google Engineer & Product Manager Leave Google
Two top Google engineers leave — to Benchmark Capital from VentureBeat reports Bret Taylor and Jim Norris, top Google engineers, have left Google to work at Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm. Taylor and Norris were largely responsible for the development of Google Maps as well as other Google products. Taylor was the project leader […]
Google Named Fortune’s Best Place To Work, But Rich Early Employees Checking Out
Google — officially the best place to work. So says the latest survey from Fortune. But then again, Google’s got to keep the standards high as pre-IPO employees leave. A San Francisco Chronicle article also out covers how one-third of Google’s first 300 employees have gone, along with some comments on the culture getting more […]