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Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

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Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

#41
This article looks very speculative:

> The company’s new performance management system could help managers fire thousands of its underperforming employees from early next year

I suppose it could do that, but it could also not do that?

It seems to be based on a report by The Information - no idea whether that had anything more solid.

Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

#42

It’s incredibly shitty to telegraph to other employers that all the people you’re about to layoff are damaged goods. Completely unnecessary.

If Google is only laying off poor performers, why hire anyone who has recently worked at Google? Guess you better work harder or be shunned from the industry. Google is a very evil company these days.

Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

#44

It’s incredibly shitty to telegraph to other employers that all the people you’re about to layoff are damaged goods. Completely unnecessary.

it's deliberate, and necessary to achieve the intended effect. these statements and mass firings discipline developers as a class. it serves as an excuse and monetary whip to inflict desperation and reduce compensation generally across the board.

you can agree or disagree if it's honest or justified, but materially that's whats happening.

Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

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post #32

It’s incredibly shitty to telegraph to other employers that all the people you’re about to layoff are damaged goods. Completely unnecessary.

Oh it is totally passive-aggressive coersion. The notion of "poor performers" is a sign of bad management. They bloat the company to where they can no longer get their billion dollar handouts, er, payouts, and then take it out on people who actually care about their jobs and claim they are "poor" at it. While scaring the shit out of everyone else. I know there are going to be a bunch of bros who think, "Yeah, that's…

> But it's Amazon, it's a synonym for toxic.

You realize this article is about Google, right?

Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

#47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People didn't even stop shopping on Amazon knowing full well how drivers and warehouse employees were treated so...

The driver thing could be regional. I have always lived in a less dense area and the drivers always were happy and helpful. Didn't look at all like what I'd expect from the news.

Were they happy, or did they just appear so? Some places punish employees that don't act unnaturally friendly and happy.

Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

#48

It’s incredibly shitty to telegraph to other employers that all the people you’re about to layoff are damaged goods. Completely unnecessary.

Don't blame Google yet. This is Forbes fabricating a story for clicks, and the Independent parroting it uncritically. It's possible (and IMO likely) that Google will undergo layoffs (but you don't need to be Nostradamus to predict "company will undergo layoffs" during a recession), but both Forbes and the Independent appear to be misrepresenting their speculation as special knowledge.

Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

#49

It’s incredibly shitty to telegraph to other employers that all the people you’re about to layoff are damaged goods. Completely unnecessary.

It’s to imply that Google is doing fine to investors.

Like every other organization, Google isn’t immune to entropy. It seemed they went into organizational decline faster than the others

Re: Google to lay off 10k “poor performers”

#50
post #32

It’s incredibly shitty to telegraph to other employers that all the people you’re about to layoff are damaged goods. Completely unnecessary.

Oh it is totally passive-aggressive coersion. The notion of "poor performers" is a sign of bad management. They bloat the company to where they can no longer get their billion dollar handouts, er, payouts, and then take it out on people who actually care about their jobs and claim they are "poor" at it. While scaring the shit out of everyone else. I know there are going to be a bunch of bros who think, "Yeah, that's…

> But it's Amazon, it's a synonym for toxic.

Eh. This article was about Google.

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