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Google allegedly lose staff because they 'paid them too much'

Google allegedly lose staff because they 'paid them too much'

Employees at Google’s self-driving car unit are leaving – not because they feel undervalued, were treated badly, or their bonus packages weren’t reflective of their work – it’s because they were being paid too much.

As reported in Bloomberg, early employees of Google’s car subsidiary, which officially became a standalone business called Waymo in December, received “supersized pay-outs based on the project's value.”

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