"Google, is starting to suffer something that could have an equally significant impact: a drain of some of the entrepreneurial energy that drove its early growth and on which its unique culture depends heavily.” While Google “continues to suck in some of the best talent around,” and former Googlers “pay tribute to the intellectually stimulating culture, good pay levels and extravagant benefits,” for some early hires Google “has lost two vital ingredients: the anything-goes approach of a start-up environment and the chance to strike it rich."