Google has a secret 'bench' program that keeps execs at the company even when they're not leading anything | VentureBeat | Business | by Alexei Oreskovic and Jillian D'Onfro, Business Insider

Google has a secret 'bench' program that keeps execs at the company even when they're not leading anything | VentureBeat | Business | by Alexei Oreskovic and Jillian D'Onfro, Business Insider: Not everyone sticks around permanently though. Andy Rubin, who led the creation of Google’s successful Android mobile software, left his post in 2013 to create a new robotics initiative within Google. But after nearly 10 years, Rubin ultimately left Google in October to create an incubator for independent hardware startups.