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Nothing is happening to Google Cloud overall. This is just a small org where two teams were doing similar stuff, so they got merged. This made a few roles redun

by neil_s 7y ago

Nothing is happening to Google Cloud overall. This is just a small org where two teams were doing similar stuff, so they got merged. This made a few roles redundant, so those folks will be looking for new roles within Google (Cloud). How this made for a WSJ headline, IDK. I couldn't read the whole article because paywall, but the first few lines do mention that it's a tiny number of employees affected and they can look for new roles. Note: I'm not authorized to speak for Google, but hopefully this addresses some of the panic in this comment thread.

sjg007 7y ago
I think I figured it out. It was announced in the earnings call. So my guess it was a signal to investors that they are stream-ling Google Cloud for some reason. I am not sure why that is a specific concern except to say they are competitive to investors. My guess is that Azure and AWS loom in investors minds for some reason.
ec109685 7y ago
It still seems strange they don’t need more of this person’s role and would instead eliminate it: https://twitter.com/whyhiannabelle/status/1228108429505351680?s=21 https://twitter.com/whyhiannabelle/status/122810842950535168... It isn’t a good look. “This morning I learned that my role at Google has been eliminated. If you've got an opening for someone who's in Kubernetes and containers security, focuses on content, advocacy, and communication, and has an OSS background, holler!”
- lonelappde 7y ago
  They cut a marketing/outreach team. Maybe they want to focus more on product development or different marketing and that person wants their same marketing/outreach gig.
- PunchTornado 7y ago
  why? do you think cloud marketing people are hard to find?
  - ec109685 7y ago
    If it's growing like it should be, why would they be cutting her role (e.g. it wasn't performance related, so they aren't going to backfill).
    - PunchTornado 7y ago
      an industry can be growing and still do well with less marketing/advocacy.

by neil_s 7y ago

sjg007 7y ago

I think I figured it out. It was announced in the earnings call. So my guess it was a signal to investors that they are stream-ling Google Cloud for some reason. I am not sure why that is a specific concern except to say they are competitive to investors. My guess is that Azure and AWS loom in investors minds for some reason.

ec109685 7y ago

It still seems strange they don’t need more of this person’s role and would instead eliminate it: https://twitter.com/whyhiannabelle/status/1228108429505351680?s=21 https://twitter.com/whyhiannabelle/status/122810842950535168... It isn’t a good look. “This morning I learned that my role at Google has been eliminated. If you've got an opening for someone who's in Kubernetes and containers security, focuses on content, advocacy, and communication, and has an OSS background, holler!”

lonelappde 7y ago
They cut a marketing/outreach team. Maybe they want to focus more on product development or different marketing and that person wants their same marketing/outreach gig.
PunchTornado 7y ago
why? do you think cloud marketing people are hard to find?
- ec109685 7y ago
  If it's growing like it should be, why would they be cutting her role (e.g. it wasn't performance related, so they aren't going to backfill).
  - PunchTornado 7y ago
    an industry can be growing and still do well with less marketing/advocacy.