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GoogleOjDinDoIt

I’m a professional coaster AMA

I don’t do much of anything, for 3 years now. I haven’t worked a Friday in years, and never hit more than 5 hours worked in a single day in the same timeline. TC: $300k AMA

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Oracle pHmw31 Apr 23

Got promoted ? If yes, I am curious which team

Google OjDinDoIt OP Apr 23

Hired as L4, promoted. Moved teams. Started getting too political and back stabbing. My breaking point was after putting in 60 hour weeks and being on track for L6, manager just blind sided me with a bunch of gaslighting. Said fuck this and stopped trying. I’m in sales, that’s all I’ll say.

Adobe tc_eater Apr 23

Can you people add crucial info like role in the op No swe at G that cares to keep their job is dumb enough to actually try coasting since layoffs 1.5 years ago

Coupang dXgc90 Apr 23

Can you do that while at Google?

Google OjDinDoIt OP Apr 23

Hmmmm, depends!

Microsoft Devin++ Apr 24

Apparently if you're in sales. SWEs are still gonna get effed pretty hard

Applied Materials cMXM64 Apr 23

At what level? Do you get promotions? How to smartly coast?

Google OjDinDoIt OP Apr 23

Promoted once. L5 now. Trajectory for L6 is down not up.

Apple yKT24n Apr 23

How do you not get fired?

Google OjDinDoIt OP Apr 23

I do the bare minimum and don’t ask for additional projects to take on. I also take some sort of protected leave once a year to make it harder to get fired.

Apple yKT24n Apr 23

What is a protected leave? Does it help with getting fewer projects ?

Netflix bwIf67 Apr 23

Based 🙏

Google OjDinDoIt OP Apr 23

Bruhhhhh refer me to Netflix plzzzzzz

NASA push4mils Apr 24

Me too

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fQsa40 Apr 24

1. How frequent do you report to Manager? 2. Didn't your manager confront on 1on1 call? Or they are dumb/soft 3. Since you are in sales, the metrics are clear. Then how come you are still under the shadows?

Google OjDinDoIt OP Apr 24

1. I see my manager once a week, for 30-60 minutes. Usually 30 2. Manager is too busy to care, provided I don’t kill the teams sales numbers 3. Sales at Google is easy to cheat on. Plus I’m good at sales.