Googley

See also: googley

English

Etymology

From Google +‎ -y.

Adjective

Googley (comparative more Googley, superlative most Googley)

1. (business slang) Characteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.

   Synonym: Googlish

   • 2015, Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!, Twelve, →ISBN, page 53:

     […] emerging as a leader to whom others look for advice on what is “Googley.”

   • 2020, Wendy Liu, Abolish Silicon Valley:

     Even as an intern, I was allowed to treat two guests a month to the free food and facilities. No one really cared if you went over; it was an honour system in which everyone was expected to be appropriately Googley.

   • 2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination‎^[1], Penguin, →ISBN:

     In a book on management, Laszlo Bock, Google's longtime HR boss, wrote that the company hired for “Googley” traits: humility, conscientiousness, and “comfort with ambiguity.” Being willing to plunge down a slide at work without shame—that's Googley. Being Googley had a motto: “Don't politick. Use data.”

Derived terms

• Googliness