Fading Start Up Culture At Google Leading To Brain Drain

In recent times, Google has witnessed a loss of high profile departures including Ms Sheryl Sandburg who moved to Facebook and Mr Doug Merrill who joined EMI. Earlier, executives such as Mr Ethan Beard and Mr Chris Sacca also left the search engine. However, over all Google still continues to suck talent with more than 6,000 employees joining it last year. But the company is seeing a drain of some of its entrepreneurial energy that drove its early growth. Some former Google executives believe that the company has lost two vital ingredients of its culture: the anything-goes approach of a start-up environment and the chance to strike it rich. Thus, the fading of its start-up culture poses threat for Google’s ability to attract and retain the right sort of talent.