{"id":1364,"date":"2021-07-20T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:02:45","slug":"alphabets-urgent-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphabet(Google)&#8217;s urgent crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Once_great_company_no_longer_respected\" >Once great company, no longer respected<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#A_fatal_crisis_pending_for_many_years\" >A fatal crisis pending for many years<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Ccode_of_conduct_changed\" >Ccode of conduct changed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Lessons_Learned\" >Lessons Learned<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Management_team\" >Management team<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Founder_has_no_intention_of_operating\" >Founder has no intention of operating<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Pichais_issues\" >Pichai&#8217;s issues<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#The_problem_is_leaderships\" >The problem is leaderships<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Too_big_to_fall_result_in_bureaucracy\" >Too big to fall, result in bureaucracy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Began_to_have_big_company_disease\" >Began to have big company disease<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Smart_employees_have_too_many_opinions\" >Smart employees have too many opinions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Prosecution_and_fines_become_commonplace\" >Prosecution and fines become commonplace<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Missed_Shopify\" >Missed Shopify<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/#Related_articles\" >Related articles<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Once_great_company_no_longer_respected\"><\/span>Once great company, no longer respected<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_fatal_crisis_pending_for_many_years\"><\/span><strong>A fatal crisis<\/strong> <strong>pending for many years <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago, I wrote a blog article about the strong competitiveness of Alphabet &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/06\/18\/consider-alphabet-if-you-can-buy-one-stock-only-to-retire-from-it\/\">Consider Alphabet if you can buy one stock only to retire from it? <\/a>&#8221; Many talents are alert to how we modern people can&#8217;t escape the grasp of this company (unless you completely lose your mobile phone or stop surfing the Internet). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is to look at the company Alphabet (ticker: GOOGL and GOOG) from another angle. I think this company has a fatal problem that has been delayed for many years and is getting more and more serious. If we don\u2019t try to solve it, it is possible that the Alphabet, the modern Internet empire, will gradually collapse-the company has no centripetal force, without the company&#8217;s core culture and mission. It sounds scary, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ccode_of_conduct_changed\"><\/span><strong>Ccode of conduct changed<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people raise their hands to oppose it at first glance. Is it listed in the company&#8217;s annual financial report? This is the problem. In the past, there was no need to look at the financial report. Many people could pass it word of mouth. The media automatically extolled the most well-known<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-43666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> &#8220;Don&#8217;t be evil&#8221; code of conduct (Intel also has a similar code of conduct). But in 2015 (remember this number!) this code of conduct has been changed to &#8220;Do the right thing&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as you have basic reading and writing skills, regardless of Chinese or English, you will immediately realize the difference between the two sentences before and after, or the state you want to achieve-&#8220;Don&#8217;t be evil&#8221; as the Alphabet was originally formulated, it is positioned as the employee&#8217;s motto, but today&#8217;s &#8220;Do the right thing&#8221;, anyone understands that it is a rule, not a motto. There is a very big difference. The motto is something that people voluntarily abide by, and the rules are used to restrain employees and legal provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lessons_Learned\"><\/span><strong>Lessons Learned<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google under Alphabet was founded in 1998, and the company went public in 2004; it is said that the company has only been established for 24 years, compared with the hundreds of years of history of General Electric (ticker: GM) or Procter &amp; Gamble (ticker: PG). Alphabet is a children. Internet companies have proved that they can rise quickly and quickly create the richest people in various countries around the world (before the advent of the Internet, the richest people in various countries were usually hard asset tycoons such as real estate or retail); but they came and went quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first one to fall down was Yahoo!, who ruled Silicon Valley and the Internet world before the advent of the Alphabet. Yahoo&#8217;s status was even better than that of the Alphabet. I wonder if the Alphabet can reverse its own destiny. Let us wait and see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Management_team\"><\/span>Management team<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Founder_has_no_intention_of_operating\"><\/span><strong>Founder has no intention of operating<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When Larry Page was still the chief executive officer, most of his time was spent on the small Caribbean island he bought. It was rare to show up at the company for a few days in a season. The company\u2019s executives couldn\u2019t find him. Even the important tradition get together of the Alphabet company, the CEO must have a dialogue day to face the employees, but no one see him. Obviously, his mind is not in the company. Please note that although Larry Page is the CEO of Alphabet at this time, he was not in charge of Alphabet\u2019s main profitable entity, Google, for the operating details. CEO Larry Page gave this position to Sundar Pichai in 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pichais_issues\"><\/span><strong>Pichai&#8217;s issues<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2019, Larry Page surrendered the CEO of Alphabet to Sundar Pichai. Sundar Pichai is the third chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., which is not a good arrangement for the time being. Sundar Pichai was a consultant to McKinsey and joined Google in 2004. He is an excellent talent with a cautious personality, but it seems that he is beyond his ability to manage the super empire of Alphabet Company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Alphabet\u2019s board of directors calculated the general ledger. On the surface, Pichai was given a three-fold salary increase to US$2 million, but his total compensation was &#8220;only&#8221; US$ 7.43 million (in terms of Alphabet\u2019s size and industry standards, this is very bad), because he has not been awarded any shares at all, which is a complete denial of his performance (this is his first year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_problem_is_leaderships\"><\/span><strong>The problem is leaderships<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google\u2019s current and recently departed executives said that many of Google\u2019s problems stem from the company\u2019s amiable, low-key CEO Pichai\u2019s leadership style. Fifteen current and former Google executives who asked not to be named told the New York Times that Google is suffering from many of the flaws experienced by a mature large company &#8211; a paralyzed bureaucracy where the company tends to inaction, and Stereotypes of public perception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google has not acted quickly on key business and personnel changes, because the chief executive has repeatedly considered decisions and has been slow to take action. They say that Google continues to be hit by the workplace cultural conflict, and Pichai\u2019s attempt to cool down has the opposite effect\u2014allowing the problem to worsen while avoiding tough and sometimes unpopular positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Google spokesperson said that the internal investigation into Pichai\u2019s leadership is positive. The company declined to allow Pichai, 49, to comment, but arranged interviews with nine current and former executives to provide different views on his leadership abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, more than a dozen vice presidents of Google tried to warn Pichai in an email that the company was experiencing huge growth troubles. They said the company had problems coordinating technical decisions, and feedback from the vice president was often ignored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to five people with knowledge of the email, many of Google\u2019s executives have worked for the company for more than a decade. They said that Google took too long on major decisions, making it difficult to accomplish anything. A common criticism among current and former executives is that Pichai&#8217;s slow thinking speed often makes people feel that it is a safe way, and eventually he gets a &#8220;no&#8221; as the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Too_big_to_fall_result_in_bureaucracy\"><\/span>Too big to fall, result in bureaucracy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Began_to_have_big_company_disease\"><\/span><strong>Began to have big company disease<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at it from the outside, the Alphabet company is beginning to appear obvious big company disease: risk aversion. The Alphabet Company has lost its adventurous and entrepreneurial spirit, and just wants to go to work and receive a salary, and live a peaceful life. Alphabet Inc. in 2018 due to employee protests (which is ridiculous, but similar things happen again and again for Alphabet Inc.), which led to the public withdrawal of the Maven artificial intelligence project in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense, and it did not bid for the $10 billion of JEDI contract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This big contract later fell into the pocket of Microsoft (ticker: MSFT), and caused protests from Oracle (ticker:  ORCL) and Amazon (ticker: AMZN). The U.S. Department of Defense was brought to court. On 7\/6\/2021, the U.S. Department of Defense overturned Microsoft&#8217;s bid qualification. The case was renamed JWCC and the bid was reopened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This triggered the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford to warn Google twice that Alphabet refused to cooperate with the Pentagon but invested in China to help the People&#8217;s Liberation Army catch up with the United States, which would cause long-term harm to the national security of the United States. It can be seen the seriousness of this matter, and the US military needs more artificial intelligence technology owned by Alphabet Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Smart_employees_have_too_many_opinions\"><\/span><strong>Smart employees have too many opinions<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Alphabet Inc. employs a bunch of the smartest employees, but the company&#8217;s employees are becoming more and more outspoken, and they are busy fighting against the company every day (this kind of thing only happened in blue-collar companies before). Personnel issues are spreading to the public. Decisive leadership and great ideas have given way to risk aversion and gradualism. Many employees of Alphabet&#8217;s company, and even senior executives, left their jobs and began to speak and interview outside, and let everyone know the exact reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prosecution_and_fines_become_commonplace\"><\/span><strong>Prosecution and fines become commonplace<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Faced with antitrust lawsuits from countries around the world, the four major technology giants are struggling to cope with the prosecution. It is commonplace to be prosecuted and fined. Alphabet is one of the most dangerous of the four companies. However, the ability of the Alphabet in this regard does not seem to be great. (Interested readers can refer to my other blog article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/06\/08\/antitrust-and-governance-faced-by-chinese-and-american-technology-giants\/\">Antitrust and governance faced by Chinese and American technology giants<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google executives put forward the idea of acquiring Shopify (ticker: SHOP) a few years ago to challenge Amazon&#8217;s position in the field of online commerce. Two people familiar with the matter said Pichai rejected the idea because he thought Shopify was too expensive. But these people said that they had never thought that Pichai had the willingness to make a deal, and that this price was a convenient but ultimately misguided reason. Shopify&#8217;s stock price has risen nearly 10 times in the past few years. Google spokesperson Jason Post said: &#8220;We have never discussed this acquisition seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Pixabay-1600x1200-5.jpg\" alt=\"crisis\" class=\"wp-image-14087\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">credit: Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Missed_Shopify\"><\/span><strong>Missed Shopify<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Timnett, co-leader of Google\u2019s ethical artificial intelligence team and one of the company\u2019s most well-known black female employees. Timnit Gebru said that she had been fired for criticizing Google&#8217;s way of hiring minorities and writing a research paper that emphasized the biases in Google&#8217;s artificial intelligence technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, Pichai did not participate in this conflict. After 2,000 employees signed a petition protesting Gebru\u2019s dismissal, Pichai sent an email vowing to restore the lost trust while continuing to promote Google\u2019s view that Gebru was not fired. But she said that this is not an apology, but to cater to the public relations of some employees (sounds like a two-sided courtesy, doesn&#8217;t it?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_articles\"><\/span>Related articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/02\/08\/deepseek-rout\/\">DeepSeek routed the global AI and stock<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/02\/12\/chinese-ai-companies\/\">Chinese AI progress and top companies<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2024\/11\/14\/apple-search-engine\/\">Apple search engine, the possibility and necessity to inhouse develop<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2024\/10\/15\/search-engine-antitrust\/\">&#8220;Will Google&#8217;s search engine antitrust ruled out has big impact on Alphabet?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2024\/08\/09\/apple-google-antitrust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Apple plummeted by Google antitrust ruled a monopoly?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/10\/22\/investing-in-alphabet\/\">The pros and cons of investing in Alphabet amid AI evolution<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/11\/04\/ticker-symbol-changed\/\">Ticker symbol changed companies&#8217; stock performance?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/06\/18\/consider-alphabet-if-you-can-buy-one-stock-only-to-retire-from-it\/\">Consider Alphabet if you can buy one stock only to retire from it? <\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/20\/alphabets-urgent-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alphabet\u2019s urgent crisis<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2024\/08\/09\/apple-google-antitrust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Apple plummeted by Google antitrust ruled a monopoly?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2024\/12\/14\/willow-chip-rally\/\">Google&#8217;s Willow chip rally related quantum computing stocks. 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