There's an internal joke at Google that sums up the company’s big change

A Google employee at the corporate offices.
Earlier this week, Google completely reorganized itself,
marking a huge change to the way the business
operates.
Larry Page is now the CEO of a new company called
Alphabet, which oversees all of the new big-picture
initiatives Google has been launching as of late. Google
is now a subsidiary of Alphabet, and Sundar Pichai will
be its CEO.
It's a massive shakeup, but one former Google employee
we spoke with said employees are used to change.
"The internal joke within [Google] was if you're not
moving your desk every six months, something was very
wrong with the company," this ex-employee who
requested to remain anonymous said in an interview
with Business Insider.
This employee went on to say that the general culture at
Google always focused on the long-term.
"As far as Larry and Sergey [Brin] are concerned, they're
thinking about it beyond 10 years, even 100 years from
now," this person said. "All of the HR policies I've had
exposure to, a lot of the programs even within Google,
they've all had that long-term vision. In order to
succeed at that long-term point, you have to not be
afraid to disrupt your own company."
Although Google employees have greeted this
unprecedented level of company "disruption" warmly for
the most part , there's a darker side to the joke too.
Google has long been infamous for its frequent
management shuffles, referred to as "reorgs," which
insiders have told Business Insider in the past can
sometimes feel spurred by internal politics, rather than
necessity.
"Anytime there was a change in senior management there
was a reorg for the sake of a reorg," one former
employee recently told Business Insider.
During the two years this person was at Google, they
had four different managers and went through six
different reorgs.
Another source who left Google right before the Alphabet
shift recently griped to Business Insider that they had
gone through six reorgs in even less time: only a year
and a half.
That person speculates that as the dust settles from this
massive, unexpected shift, Google is likely to see a slew
of departures from people who might not like where this
particular reorg left them.
If you're a Google employee with thoughts on Alphabet, we'd
love to hear from you! Jdonfro@businessinsider.com.