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kleinbl00 · 2877 days ago · link · · parent · post: An ex-military contractor working for Google X collapsed on the job, and his coworkers say corporate culture is to blame
Speaking as a CUSTOMER who was compelled to do five hours of debugging in order to facilitate Google getting MY PHONE TO ACCEPT CALLS without so much as a "thanks", this checks out.The story of the drone crew reveals some of the problems that have plagued Google’s efforts to build advanced delivery drones, and it illustrates one of the risks when Silicon Valley’s worship of workaholism and data crash into real people doing physically demanding jobs. It’s a dangerous dynamic as companies like Google, Facebook, and cash-rich startups expand into new industries, from aerospace and delivery to space exploration and self-driving cars.