Read LinkedIn's post from ex-Googler (SRE) about how he managed to hand off the pager even after he was laid off. It's debatable whether he did the right thing or not. What do you think? tc: 250k
All of us laid-off Xooglers have Google stock. Of course we want Google to succeed.
The only logical answer
it will succeed anyway, they don't need your help. That's why you got laid off. Science.
Cringe obviously wins on blind
Does it?
Doing anything that isnāt purely selfish and involves decent morality is cringe on blind
It could complicate the severance package if heās not compliant.
Not his duty to maintain the on-call schedule if heās laid off, no? Heās not getting paid for it. Genuinely curious
Grandstanding much
Nah. He is a smart person. He used the pager opportunity to post an influential (cringe in real life) post on Linkedin. He is hopeful that the post will portray his so called loyalty and will help him at his next job.
Doubt he needs āhelpā in finding a new job after working at Google all this time lol
It's cringe as it's trusting person has right intent. If you look from skeptical angle it's a security risk. Also if it was charity it can be understood, corporate is earning business that can afford a downtime for thier decisions.
Was it that big of a deal? Probably not at all. Someone would have discovered what happened shortly after or page would have gotten escalated. Itās the posting of it to LinkedIn and patting themselves on the back thatās so cringe.
Why cringe? They're playing the game, and doing it better than most. Their audience is not the other peer engineers. Their audience is those with decision and hiring power on LinkedIn. Who in their turn played the grandstanding game to get where they are and are most receptive to it. Managing one's image is just as important as managing their skill/experience portfolio.
It's transparent self-promotion. Which, tbf, is 90% of LinkedIn content. If nobody fell for it, it would go away overnight.
I am not sure he did the right thing, because arguably the layoff process would have involved a plan for this. It would be sort of like me emailing code to a coworker after I was laid off.
Even if he's done the right thing, i wonder if it was really needed to post the story on LinkedIn with SO MUCH details. Somewhere in the corner, he may be looking to please his next potential employer.
What's pager?
handing off oncall to next available person in rotation
Larry Pager