Direct reports

Google surveys employees about their managers every year, and the comments are anonymous. These are from people who reported to me.

The survey also produces one number, the Performance Management Rating. Mine was 97%.

What a manager says about their own management is not evidence. This is the nearest thing to it that I have.

“Pat has continued to provide strong support for my career development, as well as my overall well-being. Over this last cycle, Pat has effectively guided me through new challenges in my work with helpful advice, and has worked with me to re-balance my workstreams to accommodate shifting priorities. His guidance has been critical in helping me navigate through a few recent, difficult situations with colleagues, he has made me feel that it's okay to say "no" to unreasonable requests, and he consistently demonstrates that he has my back. Pat continues to encourage me and the rest of the team to take time off to ensure our overall well-being, and makes it clear that he cares more about our long-term productivity and happiness rather than on short-term wins that may lead to burn-out. Pat's respect for me and the team, his transparency, and his genuinely caring nature make him an exceptional manager.”
“Pat has been instrumental on steering progress and adoption of our large scale density project across Google. He has laid the groundwork for adoption of density with cross product area partnerships and has made my job easier by tackling the larger, global issues and concerns. He's redefined and expanded our efforts to ensure components include an option of density with accessible click targets. This has been a key initiative in driving our alignment with product area priorities. This project has hit many roadblocks but every decision he's made has resulted in progress.”
“On a day to day perspective, overall I feel very supported in my role and future success on the team thanks to Pat. He sets clear principles and standards for design innovation, which result in impactful projects like GM design adoption and resolving Accessibility touch target issues. We have quarterly discussions about my progress and it's really helped to set and achieve my goals and shift focus when necessary.”
“Patrick has consistently provided leadership in communicating and getting alignment with our stakeholders and Ads product teams on our work and priorities. He clearly and openly provides feedback, communicates goals and objectives, and creates a collaborative and open culture, giving the team space to do their best work together and independently.”
“Although Patrick is no longer my direct manager, he has continued over the past two quarters to be involved in all of our projects and offer valuable insights for RUXDS.”
“Pat does an incredible job driving the team's success and fostering an unbeatable team dynamic. He truly cares about the work we do, and spends time syncing cross-functionally with stakeholders and other leads to ensure we are on the right track and making impactful work.”
“When the team has faced obstacles, Patrick listens carefully and makes sure to involve the right people to help fix the issues at hand. His great understanding and knowledge of the whole Reach UX ecosystem has helped guide our team's goals and priorities to avoid overlapping efforts and having a better cross-functional collaboration.”
“Cares about the team, allows each person to bring their true selves to the table”