Googlers have questions for the company after getting smaller pay bumps

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Now, at least at Google, some employees aren’t pleased about their recent compensation packages. And they’re speaking out about it.Some Google employees received smaller pay bumps in their 2025 compensation packages than they anticipated, according to an exclusive report from my BI colleague Hugh Langley.

Googlers raised the.