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It’s interesting the difference in trajectory between Facebook and Google right now and the impact of being founder led. Zuckerberg made a weird bet on metaver

It’s interesting the difference in trajectory between Facebook and Google right now and the impact of being founder led. Zuckerberg made a weird bet on metaverse… but also drove a real change in staffing levels unlike Google who has sat absolutely still at the worst time. Short term, Facebook engineers are more worried about their jobs. Long term, it’s gotta be worse for Google who is resisting change while talking up a buzzword storm.

xigency 3y ago
Not sure it really makes a difference. I guess it’s part of the business cycle to over-hire and over-fire, rinse, and repeat. But I think if a CEO’s best accomplishment is laying off a bunch of workers, that’s a pretty poor endorsement. Neither company has meaningfully changed or reinvented their product in the last decade. Still they’re making money hand over fist. In many ways these companies succeed despite their leadership’s best intentions, rather than because of them.
- andsoitis 3y ago
  > Neither company has meaningfully changed or reinvented their product in the last decade. Come on.
  - reureu 3y ago
    agreed, that's an unfair statement. Facebook added reactions in 2015.
srj 3y ago
Google did reduce staffing levels, there was a layoff in January. One of the best engineers I've ever worked with was let go as part of it.
anothernewdude 3y ago
Reducing staffing levels is brinksmanship. The company that does it the least wins.