All-In Breakdown

Culture of entitlement

Topic

A cultural issue at Google, suggested by the hosts, where employees feel empowered to make demands and stage protests, possibly stemming from a history of the company catering to their wishes.

First Mentioned

10/22/2025, 4:59:32 AM

Last Updated

10/22/2025, 5:01:52 AM

Research Retrieved

10/22/2025, 5:01:52 AM

Summary

The "Culture of entitlement" is a concept that was prominently discussed on episode 175 of the All-In Podcast, where hosts debated its potential presence among Google employees. This discussion arose in the wake of Google's decision to terminate 28 employees who staged sit-in protests against Project Nimbus, a cloud contract with Israel. Academic and psychological perspectives characterize entitlement as a self-serving trait, often linked to status-seeking and a lack of altruism, which can lead to decreased productivity and personal frustration. The podcast hosts also provided historical context for workplace protests and societal shifts that may contribute to such a culture.

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Research Data
Extracted Attributes
  • Behavior

    Self-serving actions and decisions

  • Workplace Impact

    Decreased production

  • Key Characteristic

    Lack of altruism or team spirit

  • Societal Correlate

    More prevalent in high socioeconomic status (SES) individuals, especially those raised in high SES households

  • Psychological Effect

    Traps the entitled person in frustration

  • Underlying Motivation

    Status-seeking

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Ramani Durvasula

Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula (born 30 December 1965) is an American clinical psychologist, retired professor of psychology, media expert, and author. She has appeared on media outlets discussing narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic abuse, including Red Table Talk, Bravo, the Lifetime Movie Network, National Geographic, and the History Channel, as well as programs such as the TODAY show and Good Morning America.

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    What makes entitlement fascinating—and dangerous—is that it doesn't only create frustration for others. It also traps the entitled person in a

  • [PDF] The Psychology of Entrenched Privilege: High Socioeconomic ...

    A meta-analysis of four exploratory studies (total N = 3,105) found that currently high SES individuals who were also raised in high SES households were especially inclined to report feeling entitled, a pattern that was robust across three indicators of SES: income, education, and subjective SES. Moreover, childhood SES should be nega-tively associated with entitlement among currently higher SES individuals, but not currently lower SES individuals.2 This interaction can be seen in Panel B of Figure 1, where those with a combination of high current and low childhood SES feel more entitled than everyone else. Study 1: Exploratory Meta-Analysis We first explored the competing models of how current and childhood SES relate to entitlement by integrating the results of four samples of U.S. residents that included the relevant measures (total N = 3,105) using meta-analysis (Borenstein et al., 2009).