Please don't go
As most of you know by now, I have recently started a new job and left Google after 7 years. The question that I get from a lot of people is: Why? Google is generally regarded as a very desirable company to work for and people don’t understand why I would give up a senior job at a company like that. Well, like most of these things, it’s complicated. That is why I wanted to write this so that you have the whole picture. There have been several factors that have influenced this decision, and to make sure that it is clear to everyone, I’ll explain all of them. Let’s get started. The seven year itch The term seven year itch is normally used for married couples who have gotten bored of each other and therefore decide to end the marriage. Apparently, this happens disproportionately often around the 7 year mark. I personally think that you can apply this theory to the workplace too. I have no personal frame of reference, or any official statistics to back me up, because I never worked anyw