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"Most of" is carrying a mighty heavy load, there. They are closing the entire San Mateo unit. If I were among the "self-driving" staff remaining, I would be up
by ncmncm 4y ago
"Most of" is carrying a mighty heavy load, there.
They are closing the entire San Mateo unit. If I were among the "self-driving" staff remaining, I would be updating my résumé.
Curiously, all those dumped were "terminated for underperforming", which will make finding work elsewhere hard, unless other companies see it as a cynical ploy to dodge regulations on normal layoffs.
- niij 4y agoI don't understand the significance of the San Mateo city in this context. I don't work in this industry. Were there higher level programmers included as well, instead of work akin to Amazon Mechanical Turk? Do you have a source for the underperforming thing? That'd be next level incompetence for them to lay off 200 people for that reason all at once. (not saying it's impossible obviously!)
- ncmncm 4y agoSame article you linked (tx), at the end. So, you know as much as I do. Before, I only knew the headline: closed office, flushed staff. Agree, abusing labor law like that would be pretty scummy. Is it "incompetent" if it costs less? Depends on who is getting in trouble.