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Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

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Re: Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

#31
post #20

Google stock is up 56% compared to a year go. And yet Sundar is happy to destroy morale by keeping to fire people. after saying "Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, Says Laying Off 12,000 Workers Was the Worst Moment in the Company's 25-Year History" https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/googles-ceo-sundar-pichai-say...

It’s shocking he hasn’t been sacked yet. He’s completely incompetent, has led exactly zero successful initiatives, and has arguably trashed Google’s brand with constant product shutdowns.

Re: Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

#32
post #28

As I have been saying for a while Google, Amazon, Facebook, all these companies are on the decline. We have allowed them to become so big that they don't fall fast but it's very apparent that they would have been disrupted if they were normal sized like companies were in the past.

Microsoft was once on the decline and it's now bouncing back. Having billions and captive markets (by network effect) seems to help.

Microsoft has access to ALL corporate data of ALL companies (sharepoint, teams, outlook, office365). Remaining step is to link chatgpt to it and train automated agents.

Re: Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

#34

As I have been saying for a while Google, Amazon, Facebook, all these companies are on the decline. We have allowed them to become so big that they don't fall fast but it's very apparent that they would have been disrupted if they were normal sized like companies were in the past.

By what measure?

Re: Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

#35
post #20

Google stock is up 56% compared to a year go. And yet Sundar is happy to destroy morale by keeping to fire people. after saying "Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, Says Laying Off 12,000 Workers Was the Worst Moment in the Company's 25-Year History" https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/googles-ceo-sundar-pichai-say...

It’s shocking he hasn’t been sacked yet. He’s completely incompetent, has led exactly zero successful initiatives, and has arguably trashed Google’s brand with constant product shutdowns.

Yeah. It makes you wonder what is Google's secret to only Hire and Promote the Best People...

Re: Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

#36

As I have been saying for a while Google, Amazon, Facebook, all these companies are on the decline. We have allowed them to become so big that they don't fall fast but it's very apparent that they would have been disrupted if they were normal sized like companies were in the past.

Or Coders are on the decline and Gemini is taking over Development?

Re: Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

#38
post #16

Engineers affected. The coasting day care is over and Google is in code red wartime mode in a state of panic. Sorry. The market is brutal and it does not care. No one is safe, not even Google.

> The market is brutal and it does not care.

not the market but the capitalists

Re: Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs

#39
I wonder what does this mean for the "Everyone can code" movement (bootcamps, initiatives within Google and the like, government funding). They keep saying that you can get a high paying job if you do a 9 month course. When the best of the field are getting laid off, I wonder how long will the "Everyone can code" movement survive
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