369.经济学人-How to cope with middle age-4

The cultural challenge isfuzzierbut no less urgent for a firm that is proud of its unusual corporate character.

Thefreewheelingethosthat was so successful in Google’s early days has become a liability.

It works much less well at scale. Google now has nearly 120,000 employees, and even more temporary contractors.

Doing things from the bottom up has become harder as the workforce has grown larger and less like-minded, with squabbles breaking out over everything from gender politics and the serving of meat in cafeterias to Google’s sale of technology to police forces.

这是《经济学人》2020年8月刊的一篇文章'How to cope with middle age'第4段，共9句。

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{'fuzzier':'模糊的，不明确的'}

对于一家以自己独特文化为荣的公司来说，文化挑战是模糊不清的，但又是紧迫的。

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{'freewheeling':'随心所欲的'}

{'ethos':'道德观'}

谷歌早期非常成功的随心所欲的思想如今也成为了负担。

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在规模化上面效果就差很多了。如今谷歌拥有将近120000雇员，以及更多的临时承包商

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{'squabbles':'争吵'}

like-minded：志同道合的

随着员工队伍的壮大和志同道合的减少，自下而上的做事变得越来越困难，从性别政治、自助餐厅的肉食供应到谷歌向警察部队出售技术，各种各样的争吵都在爆发。

--总结--

【词汇部分】

{'fuzzier':'模糊的，不明确的'}

{'freewheeling':'随心所欲的'}

{'ethos':'道德观'}

{'squabbles':'争吵'}

like-minded：志同道合的