Current Events > Google lays off 12k

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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/01/20/google-to-lay-off-12000-people-memo-from-ceo-sundar-pichai-says.html

My close friend was impacted as a recruiting manager. I just called her and shes in tears. She loved her job so much. Freaking awful.

So who all in tech has had mass layoffs in the last few months? Google, Microsoft, Salesforce all off the top of my head. Amazon too I think, yeah?

Eat the rich?

Feels like laying off so many people at once should be illegal tbh

TaylorHeinicke posted...

So who all in tech has had mass layoffs in the last few months? Google, Microsoft, Salesforce all off the top of my head. Amazon too I think, yeah?

https://layoffs.fyi/

This week was MS, Amazon, Google, Wayfair, WeWork, Unity and Riot Games among many others.

If anything, that's a damn good and generous severance package. My company gives you one week, doesn't pay out vacation, and tells you to fuck off.

I wonder if the one guy who posted here, who said he got a job at Google, was impacted by this.

his username was BlingBling, iirc.

agoat posted...

Eat the rich?

The rich do layoffs because it frees a bunch of cash.

All the checks they would have paid those employees in the next 2 weeks is now on their books to use as they please.

And the rate to borrow cash is high at the moment meaning they can make profit with free cash.

The_X_Dawg posted...

If anything, that's a damn good and generous severance package. My company gives you one week, doesn't pay out vacation, and tells you to fuck off.

The severance is amazing. But its still worrisome because of how many have been let go so close together and how few other companies are hiring. Recruiters have been hit the heaviest. I saw a job posting for a Tech Recruiter that had 7k applicants in a week.

ok not next 2 weeks, the next 20 weeks from then lol

boxoto posted...

I wonder if the one guy who posted here, who said he got a job at Google, was impacted by this.

his username was BlingBling, iirc.

@BlingBling22947

The layoff move from Google on Friday comes after CNBC reported Wednesday that the firm was deferring a portion of employees' year-end bonus checks until March or April instead of paying them in full in January.

So they get their bonus or not?

Delayed till April after they fired?

TaylorHeinicke posted...

@BlingBling22947

thanks.

looks like his account is in purgatory.

WingsOfGood posted...

So they get their bonus or not?

Delayed till April after they fired?

They are still getting their bonus. As well as 6 months of healthcare and all PTO paid off.

okay I don't get it.

How does this do anything for google?
They are basically paying a lot of these people as if they were still working there for 4 more months....

• We'll pay employees during the full notification period (minimum 60 days).
• We'll also offer a 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.
• Outside the US, we'll support employees in line with local practices.

By the time they no longer paying Economy may be up again and they just lost valuable employees they haven't been getting value from because they laid them off.

Damn, my former boss just went to Google last year

I have a couple friends that work at Google, one is in HR... I hope they're safe. Not sure how to even bring it up and ask

boxoto posted...

thanks.

looks like his account is in purgatory.

SBAllen laid off his account too. That's rough.

okay I don't get it.

How does this do anything for google?

they dont gotta pay their employees, thats how.

A_Good_Boy posted...

SBAllen laid off his account too. That's rough.

dayum

Severance package is nice but this is one reason why I'm staying federal. I'm making less than them but I'm not looking over my shoulder every layoff season, and I still network outside of the government weekly

I'd personally rather coast than ever risk not having a source of income after my first experience with that

Thats funny. I have a job interview in Silicon Valley. Medical tech tho

A_Good_Boy posted...

SBAllen laid off his account too. That's rough.

Lol...eesh

Damn I wish I could be let go with a nice severance

A_Good_Boy posted...

SBAllen laid off his account too. That's rough.

Dude imagine being home jobless and not being able to shitpost on CE

What the fuck?

https://twitter.com/readDanwrite/status/1616453244561297408?t=hHkfGDlhooz-qODLlWajfg&s=19

TaylorHeinicke posted...

So who all in tech has had mass layoffs in the last few months? Google, Microsoft, Salesforce all off the top of my head. Amazon too I think, yeah?

Apple is expected to announce layoffs as well.

Shoot, my friend is an employee there. I hope she didn't get laid off.

Hayame_Zero posted...

What the fuck?

https://twitter.com/readDanwrite/status/1616453244561297408?t=hHkfGDlhooz-qODLlWajfg&s=19

Damn. I refuse to believe they'd be that incompetent about it.

Hayame_Zero posted...

What the fuck?

https://twitter.com/readDanwrite/status/1616453244561297408?t=hHkfGDlhooz-qODLlWajfg&s=19

Damn. That's evil future in the movies shit

After working for the government I will never go back to private sectors.

gna647 posted...

Thats funny. I have a job interview in Silicon Valley. Medical tech tho

My husband works in tech at an insurance company. Right now he cant fill open positions from within the company, but he can hire outside so I dont know what is going on there.

VeggetaX posted...

After working for the government I will never go back to private sectors.

How did you get into government job? Like did you need to get clearance and stuff beforehand?

The pandemic tech doom was such a bad thing

MetroidGamer666 posted...

The pandemic tech doom was such a bad thing

actually article cites the FED raising rates as that is the point of them raising rates

it has been well known they want layoffs to happen and they are hoping they do, but yeah most atm seem to be tech

My friend got a text from her boss around 6 am telling her lay offs occurred and checking on her. Thats when she ran to her computer and saw the email.

If that tweet is true, that is super fucked up. Glad I've been ignoring Google recruiters on LinkedIn for years (not a humblebrag because getting an interview means nothing if you bomb it)

Cleo_II posted...

My friend got a text from her boss around 6 am telling her lay offs occurred and checking on her. Thats when she ran to her computer and saw the email.

:(

Makes me feel really nervous that this will happen to me too. I work in tech. My company already had layoffs but many companies are having second rounds lately. I was hired last month because they wanted someone with specific experience in certain tech that is niche that I have. They had over two thousand applicants and I only had a foot in because I knew people on the team. But whos to say what were working on wont get canceled.

WingsOfGood posted...

How did you get into government job? Like did you need to get clearance and stuff beforehand?

County level. I deal with public records and data so no need for any clearance. I had a basic drug and background check.

This sums up the death of Stadia

https://youtu.be/bpK0h6-mVDA

VeggetaX posted...

After working for the government I will never go back to private sectors.

After working for the government, I will never go back to government. Complete shit show.

VeggetaX posted...

After working for the government I will never go back to private sectors.

honestly I dont even understand how the government is even able to hire tech folks

Ive been looking and most government jobs in my field are a good $20-30,000 lower in salary

i dont know how anyone would say yes to that

TheGoldenEel posted...

honestly I dont even understand how the government is even able to hire tech folks

Ive been looking and most government jobs in my field are a good $20-30,000 lower in salary

i dont know how anyone would say yes to that

good benefits and you will never be fired or laid off

MacadamianNut3 posted...

Severance package is nice but this is one reason why I'm staying federal. I'm making less than them but I'm not looking over my shoulder every layoff season, and I still network outside of the government weekly

I'd personally rather coast than ever risk not having a source of income after my first experience with that

Yea I was thinking of finally leaving academia and going for a big tech job last year but I think I'm just gonna stay where I am. I make less than them but my current position is safe and cushy.

TheGoldenEel posted...

honestly I dont even understand how the government is even able to hire tech folks

Ive been looking and most government jobs in my field are a good $20-30,000 lower in salary

i dont know how anyone would say yes to that

TBH I got lucky. I've looked at state and federal level with the same position as mine and the pay isn't better. The benefits are insane. I get sick days, personal days and vacation days all can be used separately and I get all national holidays off. Health care is fucking awesome and I don't pay into social security. Instead I pay into a State pension for my retirement and I can retire after 30 years of working and I will keep 90-100% of what I was getting paid when I retire, and then I can go do anything else I want. Government is like a tenured job with stability. My QoL has improved greatly.

TheGoldenEel posted...

Ive been looking and most government jobs in my field are a good $20-30,000 lower in salary

i dont know how anyone would say yes to that

I say yes to it because I'd pretty much have to commit a felony or not work for like 3 months straight to actually get fired after getting my foot in the door. And after a certain salary threshold it's no longer a rat race for me.

Work not being a source of stress in your life is a super underrated benefit, definitely worth making ~70-90% of what my friends in the private sector make. Coincidentally, I'm the only one in that friend group that hasn't hopped jobs every 2 years or has had a panic attack over work.

Oh yeah and if pensions still exist by the time I retire I'm just coasting on free money in addition to whatever I had in retirement until I'm in the ground

MacadamianNut3 posted...

I say yes to it because I'd pretty much have to commit a felony or not work for like 3 months straight to actually get fired after getting my foot in the door. And after a certain salary threshold it's no longer a rat race for me.

Work not being a source of stress in your life is a super underrated benefit, definitely worth making ~70-90% of what my friends in the private sector make. Coincidentally, I'm the only one in that friend group that hasn't hopped jobs every 2 years or has had a panic attack over work.

Oh yeah and if pensions still exist by the time I retire I'm just coasting on free money in addition to whatever I had in retirement until I'm in the ground

Do you have a family (or are you ever planning on having one)?

this sounds like a lot, and I guess it is a lot, but also if you look at graphs of google's recent new hiring numbers it's less than they grew by last year

I guess at some point the big tech company growth just was not sustainable

Also at least where I live the government salaries arent quite in the threshold of not having to worry about money. Its like $50-70k for a mid-level development job vs like $80-100k