Jim Tang thought his Google job could help him achieve FIRE, and he wanted to hang on to the safety net. But he learned ...

He added: "Working for Google is just not as sexy and exciting as it used to be, especially if you are at risk of being laid off anytime." ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who has since moved on to greener and perhaps more dangerous pastures, told an audience of Stanford students recently that "Google decided that work-life balance ...