random_play
Google's changes in the seclusion and segregation of its workers tempt us to invoke Godwin's Law — or at least Martin Niemöller's. Will cutting perks and benefits and firing people help push Googlers to wake up in Larry and Sergey's geek playland? Today's featured commenter is random_play, who waxes poetic about the pain of Google's cost-cutting:
First, they came for the daycare. And I didn't speak up, because I didn't use daycare. And then they came for the cafe workers. And I didn't speak up, because I didn't eat at that cafe. And then they came for the contractors. And I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a contractor. And then they came for me...