It was my dream to work at Google but the culture is incredibly demanding. If you're not contributing to a 'moonshot' project, you might feel like you're not doing enough. The pressure to innovate and deliver results is relentless. It's exhausting trying to keep up with the pace .. sometimes it feels like you're just a cog in a machine, not a person with limitations and needs. No amount of free food or foosball tables make up for it. How do others feel about this?

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I quit after 7 months even though it was my dream job. Sometimes, you've gotta reassess what truly matters to you, and it's okay to have new dreams or think that your old dreams don't matter as much.

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Culture is demanding, but whats your comparison? What was your pre google career?

Feeling like you are a cog in a machine, isnt that a universal sentiment in most jobs unless you start your own biz?

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Yes everything is relative, I was at Deloitte and EY and find Google way more manageable in terms of pace. I am at a fairly experienced level (L7). The grind at big4s was unreal.

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I miss being able to work on big business problems, hob nobbing with senior execs and getting to learn from them. Even at L7 at Google, you're managing a very narrow scope

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Weird. McKinsey consultants who leave for Google marvel at how chill it is.

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Google is vast and variable - I have friends who work 40 hours weeks and those who work 60. The bigger problem is the frustration / hour. It’s bureaucratic

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sounds like you're in the wrong team

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Wondering if it's easy to switch teams, roles, or sectors within Google

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