I realize that this may come across as harping, but...
Google has invested in Wojcicki's company at the behest of a founder. Google is not subject to the marriage contract and because 23andMe is still in the startup phase, it hasn't produced any value for Google's shareholders. Any future investments would be subject to the whim of Sergey;
Expect us to add benefits rather than pare them down over time. We believe it is easy to be penny wise and pound foolish with respect to benefits that can save employees considerable time and improve their health and productivity.
doesn't every company started by some fruit-booted shitass in a garage that makes it big go through the same tired cycle of plucky-futurist-luxuriating in cash-cutthroat-obsolete- bankrupt? isn't that observation also cliched? where am i? why don't i have any pants? can i borrow change for the bus?
To think they could have avoided the bad press by instead trumpeting their commitment to Green by transitioning these comp'd subs to the online version, which has a marginal cost of 0.
@britneyspearstears: You get a protective wrapper? I haven't seen a wrapper since the 80's. I just get the magazine with the mailing label stuck on the cover. I want protection!
Meanwhile, the big guys take Town Cars and have yet to darken the entryway to coach class.
I fear that it will be the little things like this - people trying to "show they're cost-sensitive" - and the lowest on the totem pole suffer, while Anna will still be spending $50,000 a day for her Paris fashion shows week.
So the old ladies can head over to Barnes & Noble on a weekday afternoon, order a cup of hot water, pull teabags out of their purses, and read the New Yorker in the seating area. Problem solved -- and they get some fresh air!
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Google has invested in Wojcicki's company at the behest of a founder. Google is not subject to the marriage contract and because 23andMe is still in the startup phase, it hasn't produced any value for Google's shareholders. Any future investments would be subject to the whim of Sergey;
So, what does NOW think of this power dynamic?
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... until they don't
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I fear that it will be the little things like this - people trying to "show they're cost-sensitive" - and the lowest on the totem pole suffer, while Anna will still be spending $50,000 a day for her Paris fashion shows week.
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