• Soviet Snake
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    41 year ago

    “Googlers”

    And then goes on to fire a shit ton of people. Classy.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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    1 year ago

    Meanwhile, Alphabet had 116 billion USD “cash on hand” at the end of September 2022 with net income for that quarter being almost 14 billion, and nearly 67 billion for the year.

    Even if the full cost of each employee was 500K per year, that’s “only” 6 billion dollars to keep those “great” people that they “love” working with around.

    It’s pretty clear that Google can in fact afford to keep “great” people that they “love” working with employed, so “affecting Googlers lives” doesn’t have to “weight heavily” on anyone.

    This is basically every tech company CEO doing mass layoffs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u48vYSLvKNQ

    • @OsrsNeedsF2P
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      They’re giving huge amounts to the people they’re laying off though

      Severance package starting at 16 weeks salary plus two weeks for every additional year at Google, and accelerate at least 16 weeks of GSU vesting.

      We’ll pay 2022 bonuses and remaining vacation time.

      We’ll be offering 6 months of healthcare, job placement services, and immigration support for those affected.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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        21 year ago

        These aren’t huge amounts for people who now have to look for new jobs and compete with all the other people who are getting laid off by the thousands every week.