Google likes to present itself as hypercompetent and full of the best engineers that exist on the planet. In that sense, Google is the exact opposite of "down to earth". Being down to earth involves humility, with is not the image Google projects.
Many others do overestimate Google's abilities and expect Google to accomplish the impossible. But it seems to me that they're encouraged in this line of thinking by Google's own PR.
Google likes to present itself as hypercompetent and full of the best engineers that exist on the planet. In that sense, Google is the exact opposite of "down to earth". Being down to earth involves humility, with is not the image Google projects.
Many others do overestimate Google's abilities and expect Google to accomplish the impossible. But it seems to me that they're encouraged in this line of thinking by Google's own PR.