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The layoff literally means the the role is eliminated, it can be eliminated because of your performance, or it can be because companies doesn’t need the role an
by up2isomorphism 4y ago
The layoff literally means the the role is eliminated, it can be eliminated because of your performance, or it can be because companies doesn’t need the role anymore even if you are performing well. Not to say we should feel sympathy for these people but Why is this so surprising?
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- yazzku 4y agoThe layoffs are all across the board, from Chrome to Cloud to AI to Fuchsia to their research division, so it's not like there is a specific role they don't need anymore. The employees also woke up to the news the same way everyone else did; they might have even seen the HN article before finding the email in their corporate inbox. It's a confusing situation, as the article describes, and the company seems to be handling it as smoothly as all the projects in its graveyard. In the grander scheme of things, I am sure companies will use this and the other layoffs as an excuse to stifle raises, lower bonuses, and squeeze more out of the workers who are presumably on a spree of unproductivity scratching their hairy balls at home. The article also touches a bit on this.
- krsrhe 4y ago[dead]