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If I had to guess, I would speculate it was more of a buyout than a layoff. That person probably wanted to leave anyway, and Google just made it easier for the
by actually_a_dog 4y ago
If I had to guess, I would speculate it was more of a buyout than a layoff. That person probably wanted to leave anyway, and Google just made it easier for them.
- ghaff 4y agoAbove a certain age and a certain amount of money in the bank, a lot of people are ready to move on--especially given the right nudge.
- notyourwork 4y agoAnd in many cases financially free to do so without blinking. It's a different calculus for sure.
- ghaff 4y agoI think a lot of people are way too quick to say that others who have kids in college and possibly expensive hobbies/houses/etc. don't need the money. That said, long-term Google employees should generally be pretty comfortable given relatively sane financial decisions.
- throwaway6734 4y agosomeone with 10+ years at google should easily be a multimillionaire. The stock has 6x since 2012
- loeg 4y agoAn L9 makes millions every single year.
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y agoIf Twitter is anything to go by, I saw one Google engineer with a 20year history find out they got laid off in the same way as anyone else and expressed surprise.