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In an effort to cut costs, Google is not only laying off workers, but hiring is slowing, and even internally, it is getting harder to get promoted through ratings.

Google told employees in an email Monday that there would be fewer opportunities for advancement in the upcoming performance review cycle.

Google is struggling to cut costs as fears of slowing growth and recession persist.

In January, Google announced it was cutting 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce. And the pace of hiring is slowing.

Last December, Google implemented a new performance evaluation system, Google Appraisal and Development (GRAD). This will result in more Googlers receiving lower performance ratings, meaning fewer employees will be promoted.

Google's planned number of promotions at L6 and above is actually lower than expected.

If the company grows rapidly, the number of people at the top should also increase. So, it's adding leadership roles in proportion to the employee base.

However, the road to middle management did not seem to be so smooth, let alone middle management.

According to the truth, Google has always given everyone the impression of being a "nursing home". When rating, as long as you don't get the worst NI, you will generally have no problem until next year.

The rating is divided into five levels: NI, CME, EE, SEE, Superb, and very few people can fall to NI. Most people get CME, especially newcomers, and the first rating is usually CME. Of course, only about 5% of employees get Superb.

There are Google engineers on Blind, as long as you keep CME, you can stay at Google as long as you want. So Google's ratings don't risk PIP pain literature, as Amazon does.

But now it seems that the world has changed.

Like many large tech companies, Google has a large middle management staff. It's hard to work when everyone's a manager. According to last year's internal findings, it did affect the company's ability to ship products efficiently.

Judging by the job hierarchy at each giant company, Google does seem to have a lot of middle ranks.

L3 is a second-level SWE (Software Engineer), usually a newly graduated student with no work experience, with an annual salary of 170,000 US dollars.

L4 is a third-level SWE, which generally requires 1-3 years of work experience and an annual salary of 270,000 US dollars.

L5 is a senior SWE, generally at least three years of work experience, some places more than five years, annual salary of 360,000 US dollars.

L6 is Staff SWE, this level is similar to the project team leader, leading and managing the technical team to do the project, usually with about ten years of experience, annual salary of 490,000 US dollars.

L7 is Senior Staff SWE, more senior management, multiple project supervisors, generally divided on the basis of years, do a few years automatically promoted, annual salary of 620,000 US dollars.

L8 is Principal Engineer, as the name implies, a very important position, with an annual salary of about 1.12 million US dollars.

L9 is an outstanding engineer, basically the highest level in the technical category, with an annual salary of about 1.32 million US dollars.

L10 belonged to the partner level. Most of the time, this position was not promoted by one level, but hired from outside. Therefore, many times it seemed that this position was full of water, but it did have a higher level than others.

Therefore, in general, those who are promoted from one level to another are generally the backbone of the enterprise.

But the path to promotion is getting harder."If your manager thinks you're ready for a promotion, they'll nominate you, and technical employees who want to 'self-nominate' can apply in a short window between March 6 and 8."

Netizens sharp comments

"To be honest, Google is actually doing a good job. If Google is going downhill, it is still less to promote people, so honestly say it, everyone can also find a home early, good thing!"

Netizens can't help but sigh: the real world is like this, where is there any "best participation award" ah.

"There is no career ladder anymore, everyone is a temporary worker, there is no job security."

You're just a line on an excel spreadsheet with the name of the project you're responsible for. If your project doesn't generate $500,000 per employee, you're likely to be fired. The long hours you put in and the extra effort you put in don't really matter. Microsoft laid off another 700 people today. So, pack up and go. There's always a cheap college kid to take your place.

The next time you go to a high-tech company, keep an eye on the company cafeteria and see how many people you can count over 50. Good luck, don't stay too long in one company, or enjoy life!"

References:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/06/google-tells-employees-that-fewer-of-them-will-get-promotions-to-senior-roles.html

https://www.levels.fyi/? compare=Apple,Amazon,Microsoft,Google,Facebook&track=Software%20Engineer

This article comes from Weixin Official Accounts: Xinzhiyuan (ID: AI_era)

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