* Blah-blah, Google is so cool, nothing worth reading, actually.*<p>Bit like your comment. Hence the downvote.<p>It is interesting that someone from the outside has now joined Google and found a lot that they would like to say, but can't.<p>I've also seen anecdotal evidence that the 20% time is largely ignored and up to the employee to push for, but he comments that it's both used a lot and you are marked on it. I guess that varies with where in Google you work.