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At some level, it looks bad because of bad PR and the manner of how people report on it (clickbait or otherwise). At another level, we can fill the blank in various ways. "it personally looks bad to me because ____".

One way to fill the blank is to assume in good faith what the person is saying. And if you do, Google does look bad IMHO. Of course, I've seen people leave and badmouth companies when its their own fault for causing the situation. Its only people who are involved in the situation who can confirm all the specifics. As outsiders we can only assign some kind of probability here.