Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020

Post by echelon » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 6:20 AM UTC

mike_d wrote: post #149

sytelus wrote: post #108

Before everyone starts painting bleak picture, reminder: Facebook's Sandberg announced last week or so that they are going to do accelerated hiring spree this year, opening massive 10,000 more positions! Google as well as Facebook both depend on ads so I'm wondering why one is tightening the belt and other is moving full speed on expansion.

> Sandberg announced last week or so that they are going to do accelerated hiring spree That was a message to the stock market. In reality I haven't heard from a Facebook recruiter in a month now.

Post by Panini_Jones » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 6:22 AM UTC

zelly wrote: post #141

Good. Shut down the bootcamps. Stop telling people to learn to code. Lower the salaries. Move companies out of SV and spread across the country. We are long overdue for a bloodbath like 1999. It's not over until Level 10s are laid off and the computer science departments are empty.

Post by stygiansonic » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 6:25 AM UTC

ibejoeb wrote: post #119

coliveira wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google depends on advertisers to make money, and the writing is on the wall for these advertisers.

Call me dumb, but are people not sitting around consuming advertising 10x nowadays? There's never been a better time to get someone's attention.

Post by Insanity » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 6:27 AM UTC

ronyeh wrote: post #115

sytelus wrote: post #108

Before everyone starts painting bleak picture, reminder: Facebook's Sandberg announced last week or so that they are going to do accelerated hiring spree this year, opening massive 10,000 more positions! Google as well as Facebook both depend on ads so I'm wondering why one is tightening the belt and other is moving full speed on expansion.

A lot of people are on Facebook and Instagram all day, stalking friends because there is not much else to do. There are only so many Google searches I can do in a day. Many of them end on Amazon where I may or may not purchase something.

Post by fergie » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 6:32 AM UTC

mkoryak wrote: post #86

nilkn wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A friend interviewed with Google a few years ago and the process took well over six months before he actually got an official offer. It really is amazing how slow they are.

Counter point: The time between my on site interview and hire date was 1 month and 1 day. I skipped the phone interview so the time from initial referral to offer was under a month. Having an internal reference may have helped, as did the fact that I told them I was actively interviewing and had offers.