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> the displaced Loon workers are being given the opportunity to land jobs with units of Mountain View-based Alphabet, which is Google’s owner. > “We expect man
by ndesaulniers 5y ago
> the displaced Loon workers are being given the opportunity to land jobs with units of Mountain View-based Alphabet, which is Google’s owner.
> “We expect many of these employees to find roles within Alphabet,” the Loon spokesperson said. “In fact, many have already found roles and transferred to different Alphabet teams.”
> “If Loon employees do not find alternative roles at Alphabet, they will be eligible to receive severance pay following their end dates,” the Loon spokesperson said.
- vmception 5y agorips blunt “Alpha”, bet That’s probably how it happened, or a day after a psychoactive cacao ceremony
- Razengan 5y agoThey just wanted to be listed above Apple, like Acorn before them.
- gautamcgoel 5y agoThis is why I'm naming my startup Aardvark.
- vmception 5y agoAard Like the magic sign in The Witcher
- ndesaulniers 5y agoHmm...Gwent?
- cpach 5y agoHm, I think mine will be called Aalstroem Industries
- krkoch 5y agoSorts as almost last in Norwegian and Danish locale. (aa=å)
- Razengan 5y agoThat’s counterintuitive
- andrewmcwatters 5y agoI always hate this sort of phrasing, because it sounds to me like they're employees who are being laid off who get an "opportunity" to submit their resumes again as applicants. Might as well send your application to SpaceX and see if you can reach a higher altitude.
- unishark 5y agoYeah IBM or anyone else could say the same thing. "Many of our layed-off employees will be able to find jobs at Google so it's cool."
- kmonsen 5y agoThat is not how it worked when I was in Google, regular developers were given as much chance possible to find another team. I am sure it sucks and was not nice, but they did really try their best to find other positions for people.
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- lclarkmichalek 5y agoPretty easy to find another role internally though. Few hiring managers want to take a risk on a random external candidate over an internal transfer that knows how things work
- erhk 5y agoThe process is equivalent to the internal team transfer process which is incredibly fluid and accommodating. Sometimes people are encouraged to switch teams every 2 years for however long their tenure is in the name of knowledge breadth and transfer. New eyes on an old project are valuable.
- jowday 5y agoIf it's anything like my experience switching between Alphabet-owned companies, it's a lot like switching teams at Google. A couple of chats with a manager and you transfer to that team. Managers almost always take internal transfers over external hires, since they have a good idea of your performance, plenty of references, and knowledge that you'll require much less ramp up time. It's not at all like submitting your resume again as an external applicant.
- Tempest1981 5y agoAlso great HR-speak: > “The separation of employment of the affected employees with the company in connection with winding down the company is expected to be permanent”
- brandmeyer 5y agoIts pretty straightforward as a software engineer to find another gig within the company. But aerospace engineers are going to have a harder time of it. Alphabet has been winding down aerospace projects pretty consistently over the last several years.