News Google accused of paying employees to do nothing for up to a year to stifle AI talent migration

[Admin]

Google is making use of aggressive noncompete clauses and extended notice periods, leaving employees who wish to change track in limbo, claims former GoogDeepMinder Nando de Freitas.

Google accused of paying employees to do nothing for up to a year to stifle AI talent migration : Read more

 

[ezst036]

Where do I apply?

I noticed this article doesn't have a link to careers . google . com.

 

[palladin9479]

Can't speak for overseas offices but in the US these are now largely illegal, just do not sign. They can not make you sign nor rescind the offer letter due to you not signing them, not without having to pay out the nose.

 

[coolitic]

Pretty sure there are plenty of Google employees that get paid to do little, so it might be mostly that.

 

[bit_user]

Their non-competes are only for a year? And Google will still pay them, without a fight? Wow. That's hardly anything to complain about.

 

[bit_user]

Pretty sure there are plenty of Google employees that get paid to do little, so it might be mostly that.

No. Google is a sweatshop. They pay well, but quite a lot of people get burnt out after working at Google for a few years, which is why it seems like they're always hiring. The performance reviews are pretty brutal, from what I've heard.

What the article is talking about is people who have given their notice that they want to quit and work for a competitor. Also, DeepMind is where some of their most talented AI specialists work. So, this definitely isn't talking about the rank-and-file google worker. These are the folks that OpenAI pays like $1M/year, which probably helps explain why they're so eager to get on board.

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/openai/salaries/software-engineer
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