I have heard that the 2009 layoffs were limited to recruiting. If these layoffs occur, they may be the company's first engineering layoffs. I find it surprisin

I have heard that the 2009 layoffs were limited to recruiting. If these layoffs occur, they may be the company's first engineering layoffs. I find it surprising that they are considering layoffs. There have been a number of articles about Sundar's concerns over productivity [1,2,3], but layoffs have a tendency to reduce moral and productivity. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32515458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32515458 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32322131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32322131 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32816105 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32816105