Yeah. I am sort of sympathetic. The same thing has been happening at my company over the last year. We are a startup but we're up to 180 people now and when

Yeah. I am sort of sympathetic. The same thing has been happening at my company over the last year. We are a startup but we're up to 180 people now and when you're looking to raise and starting to think about a buyer/IPO etc then things get more and more efficient. That's just life. I think Google (and other FAANGs) did really well to remain innovative and start-up-y for so long. But "gravity always wins in the end" It must be a bit bitter for people who recently started at these companies. I think a lot of people worked very hard for a long time to "get in". They expected guaranteed employment for life, perks galore, etc. They had "arrived". And now its all evaporating. That's not fair really. But I don't think anyone did it on purpose. I think people just forgot that middle age comes to all companies eventually...