I wonder how much influence the Google layoffs had on the decision making. Back before the layoffs, Google was seen as a very stable and safe job, and any cons

I wonder how much influence the Google layoffs had on the decision making. Back before the layoffs, Google was seen as a very stable and safe job, and any consideration of changing jobs would have to be balanced against that. Now Google has lost the perception, so it may cause people who otherwise would have stayed at Google to go to other companies.