I guess the problem for affected soon-Xooglers is more like, they've been laid off hence could be seen as underperformers. Moreover, they hit the marketplace in

I guess the problem for affected soon-Xooglers is more like, they've been laid off hence could be seen as underperformers. Moreover, they hit the marketplace in quantities, which makes for a bad negotiation position. Also, I'm wondering if top talent at Google not laid off this time around might soon look elsewhere and leave the sinking ship before it's too late - after all, Google hasn't really diversified despite lots and lots of investment and it's not clear at all top coders are really needed to keep a maturing business going (or are actually still working on eg Search or other key tech considering its demise) over the last 5+ years).