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Google has had enough of it and has now decided to start firing people who are good for nothing. Apparently it seems that the financial crisis has put pressure on the search giant to cut costs and save a few bucks for the rainy season ahead. According to an email sent by a Googler to Alley Insider:
Recent change in behavior here at Google… it used to be nearly impossible to get fired for general underperformance, but about a week ago word went out to managers that this was a good time to get rid of any people who were underperforming. There have been a couple people I know who got called into meetings with HR and told they were being let go and given a week to "say goodbye to people and come up with whatever story they wanted about why they were leaving."
This isn’t the predictable letting contract recruiters go when you aren’t hiring anyone, although that’s happening too.
It’s also clearly reasonable and fair that if you don’t do much work you will lose your job, but it’s a dramatic change in how Google operates that hasn’t even been publicly announced to employees
I really didn’t think that smart decisions like lay offs would happen until the next CEO was in place. Eric Schultz has done a good job at Google but it has not been run like a real American corporation. When it is watch the stock price blow through $1,000.