Working at Google is 'bad for your karma', claims ex-employee

Google is seen as one of the best companies to work for; its employees enjoy a great work-life balance, and you could have a job title such as “Jolly Good Fellow (Which nobody can deny).”

However, employees who may have deciphered the firms top secret recruitment strategy, or overcome their toughest interview questions, have taken to a thread on Quora to bemoan their time working at the tech giant.

Katy Levison, a former Software Engineer for Infrastructure, moaned that people never wanted to hear why you left: “People feel justified asking you why you left or, if you still work there, insist that everything must be perfect. They don't want to hear anything less than total enthusiasm for your luck getting into Google, and how much you want to stay.

“If you left, or have anything other than rainbows and ponies to talk about, nearly everybody from my mother to my cab driver pretty much demands you explain why you'd be anything less than thrilled to work at Google.