Google to reduce workforce by 12k

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Post by colesantiago » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:21 AM UTC

Google to reduce workforce by 12k
blog.google

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Post by neodypsis » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:33 AM UTC

Amazon and Meta I can understand why. But why Microsoft and now Google? What positions were affected in Google? Just developers?

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Post by shmde » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:33 AM UTC

(Question): Are all major tech companies doing this when everyone else is so that they face less backlash for it ? Also what about the news of companies having record profits during pandemi. Were they false/fake too ?

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Post by ak_111 » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:34 AM UTC

Question for those who got laid-off from tech recently (say since Aug last year): how hard did you find it to get another tech job?

Would be interesting to get some anecdotal evidence to shed light on the following WSJ article which claims laid-off tech workers are finding it easy to get re-recruited:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/laid-off-tech-workers-quickly-f...

If the phenomena described in the WSJ article is true then the consequence to the macro environment could be substantial and not in a good way. Basically the fed will probably need another round of hikes to really bring down unemployment to bring down core inflation. Since it would imply that (ironically) the recent fall in unemployment is "transitory" and not sufficient to bring down inflation.

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Post by bearmode » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:36 AM UTC

ak_111 wrote: post #4

Question for those who got laid-off from tech recently (say since Aug last year): how hard did you find it to get another tech job? Would be interesting to get some anecdotal evidence to shed light on the following WSJ article which claims laid-off tech workers are finding it easy to get re-recruited: https://www.wsj.com/articles/laid-off-tech-workers-quickly-f... If the phenomena described in the WSJ article is true…

Not been laid off myself, but I'm still being absolutely hounded by recruiters. There are still a ton of tech jobs out there, at least in the UK.

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Post by robbiet480 » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:36 AM UTC

This week:

Amazon 18,000

Microsoft 10,000

Alphabet/Google 12,000

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Post by wolfi1 » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:36 AM UTC

shmde wrote: post #3

(Question): Are all major tech companies doing this when everyone else is so that they face less backlash for it ? Also what about the news of companies having record profits during pandemi. Were they false/fake too ?

layoffs aren't only when profits plummet, they are when stock prices must rise because of some bonus package

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Post by laserlight » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:36 AM UTC

Can we update the title to let everyone know of the size: 12000?

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Post by afandian » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:36 AM UTC

> Pivoting the company to be AI-first years ago

That seems like a weird thing to throw in there. Does anyone else read it as a hasty "we were doing AI before ChatGPT was cool"?

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Post by drstewart » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 10:38 AM UTC

>I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here

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