Is this an American thing? Thinking that you can take a companies money and then have the right to tell the company what they are allowed to do. If you are unhappy with the way Google operates then you can move jobs to somewhere else. Somewhere that is compatible with your personal beliefs. If you joined a defence contractor it would be odd if you thought you could tell the company not to work on military projects. If you accept the high pay of Google and all the other benefits, then you work on the projects Google management decide on. Otherwise, bugger off and work somewhere else. Simples.
Kind of? I worked in a FAANG and that boasts "everyone is an owner (of the company)". Which must mean I should have the power to change how things are done within.
I can't imagine Google, a company that I have never worked at, would be any different in this sense. And if you buy into that crap and the culture then you want to make that change.
In fact this is how most tech companies operate. I think the hedge funds and boutique finance firms operate on the culture that if you can make everyone money you will be rewarded extremely handsomely.
The oldie research labs would collect great minds and give the opportunity for their research staff to do whatever they like, within reason.
So I think it's more to it than just "if you don't like it then bugger off". But if everyone is an owner - then who gets to decide in the end? Clearly the people with more influence and power. Don't like it -- then bugger off.
All cloud companies are going to figure out that the cloud won't work if everyone is afraid of being protested off their cloud provider.
It's already someone else's computer. If that someone is hostile to me or my business, or has a track record of becoming hostile, then there no way to build a business like that.
If everyone is an owner no one would be let go. Everyone is an owner is Kool aid hr fed you.
I bet it's b series stock and you're an owner of the a small nonvot8ng part (I might be a bigger owner in my investments without working there at all).
If you really believe what you wrote you're fooling yourself
