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Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which of their own projects took off? E.g. Android and Maps were acquisitions IIRC. Maybe Google+?

Chromebook? Their cloud? However, you need vision to know which company to acquire, too.

Their cloud is a distinct third fiddle though, no match for Aws or even Azure

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#82

Google is no longer on Glassdoor's best places to work list. Best Places to Work 2023: 1. Gainsight 2. Box 3. Bain & Company 4. McKinsey & Company 5. NVIDIA 6. MathWorks 7. Boston Consulting Group 8. Google 9. ServiceNow 10. In-N-Out Burger Best Places to Work 2024: 1. Bain & Company 2. NVIDIA 3. ServiceNow NOW 4. MathWorks 5. Procore Technologies 6. In-N-Out Burger 7. VMware VMW 8. Deltek 9. 2020 Companies 10. Fidel…

It doesn't deserve to be on it.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#83
post #77

Google is no longer on Glassdoor's best places to work list. Best Places to Work 2023: 1. Gainsight 2. Box 3. Bain & Company 4. McKinsey & Company 5. NVIDIA 6. MathWorks 7. Boston Consulting Group 8. Google 9. ServiceNow 10. In-N-Out Burger Best Places to Work 2024: 1. Bain & Company 2. NVIDIA 3. ServiceNow NOW 4. MathWorks 5. Procore Technologies 6. In-N-Out Burger 7. VMware VMW 8. Deltek 9. 2020 Companies 10. Fidel…

What do we do with this info? Is In-N-Out hiring SWEs ?

No but burger staff is harder to replace by AI than SWEs.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#84
post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gmail

Then Microsoft, Netflix, FB, Apple, Dell, HP, Xerox would look like genius and way more excessively innovative if you can only name, gmail. Even that was a bit copy from yahoo and outlook mail back then. Plus, you have just indirectly praised Marrisa for her greatness involving in gmail back then.

I don’t claim it to be an exhaustive list but OP was missing the most obvious possible example.

You sound like a twat.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#85
post #77

Google is no longer on Glassdoor's best places to work list. Best Places to Work 2023: 1. Gainsight 2. Box 3. Bain & Company 4. McKinsey & Company 5. NVIDIA 6. MathWorks 7. Boston Consulting Group 8. Google 9. ServiceNow 10. In-N-Out Burger Best Places to Work 2024: 1. Bain & Company 2. NVIDIA 3. ServiceNow NOW 4. MathWorks 5. Procore Technologies 6. In-N-Out Burger 7. VMware VMW 8. Deltek 9. 2020 Companies 10. Fidel…

What do we do with this info? Is In-N-Out hiring SWEs ?

A company with $1.823 billion in revenue[1] would have a sizable IT department and do a lot of forecasting, maybe even using machine learning.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-N-Out_Burger

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#86
post #80

I admit that I never understood what was going on with Google's voice assistant. As a user for the past 4-5 years or so (mainly using smart home devices), it hasn't shown improvement in quality; at times, it even seems to regress. What were all those people doing day to day??? This is a serious question. I remember thinking the same thing about Twitter: Why do they have all those employees? And, with an 80% reduction…

> Yes, the new management is ruining the business side of things, but the service is still functional in the same way as it was 3 years ago.

Have you ever thought that perhaps the quality of the work done by the people that Musk let go might have anything to do with that?

If the foundation is solid, then there is nothing saying that a skeleton crew couldn't keep the lights on for a while.

Until such a time when some major incident happens. Then the remaining workforce might hit a wall with what they can accomplish (not due to lack skill necessarily but lack of support).

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#87
post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do we do with this info? Is In-N-Out hiring SWEs ?

A company with $1.823 billion in revenue[1] would have a sizable IT department and do a lot of forecasting, maybe even using machine learning. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-N-Out_Burger

So, no.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#88
post #22

Useless C-level executives focusing on short term gains from RIFs rather than innovating. G is just a shadow of it’s former self. I can’t wait for the great G disruption

It already started, but will take a decade+. They cemented themselves as monopoly and gatekeeper wherever possible. Most of their products require huge infra, manpower, moderation, legal moat. IBM had far less encampment and it's still a giant lingering around.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

#90
post #80

I admit that I never understood what was going on with Google's voice assistant. As a user for the past 4-5 years or so (mainly using smart home devices), it hasn't shown improvement in quality; at times, it even seems to regress. What were all those people doing day to day??? This is a serious question. I remember thinking the same thing about Twitter: Why do they have all those employees? And, with an 80% reduction…

> Yes, the new management is ruining the business side of things, but the service is still functional in the same way as it was 3 years ago. Have you ever thought that perhaps the quality of the work done by the people that Musk let go might have anything to do with that? If the foundation is solid, then there is nothing saying that a skeleton crew couldn't keep the lights on for a while. Until such a time when some…

It could be. But it doesn't add up. According to wikipedia [0] 2017 - 3,372 Employees ( by this time building the foundation for 7+ years) 2021 - 7,500+ Employees

And the functionality remained the same. I never found a good explanation what doubling the number of employees actually did.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter,_Inc.

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