The comment above (and piaw's reply) should be getting more attention. He's not talking about overall work experience. He's talking about promotion.
In my experience so far, Google is not the kind of company that's going to come find you in the trenches and pat you on the back and give you a cookie. You have to seek that out yourself if you care about it.
In my experience so far, Google is not the kind of company that's going to come find you in the trenches and pat you on the back and give you a cookie. You have to seek that out yourself if you care about it.
[edit: clarity]