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How have layoffs impact group psychological safety?
by water-your-self 3y ago
How have layoffs impact group psychological safety?
- x86x87 3y agoI think they hit pretty hard. I remember some hardcore arguments with buddies that work at google when I told them that based on google's behavior layoffs are going to happen (this was 3-6 months before google did their first layoffs in history). I was brushed off with "google would not do that" and "our culture us different". It was heartbreaking to hear how their view on google transformed after layoffs did happen.
- UncleMeat 3y agoNot good. I've seen people rapidly shift to career protection, wagon-circling, and empire building. I've seen more competition for leading junior people since there are fewer new hires coming in. But mostly I've seen the company become more cynical towards executives. Depending on your feelings on AI, you might see new excitement and opportunity opening up or further meddling and messy product management in the future. I'm not sure where I land here yet. I think Google is still a very good place to work. Pay is high. WLB is great (at least where I sit). Tooling is very good. I haven't had any asshole managers or directors. But I definitely find it hard to get people excited about taking a big risk or maintain a project that is important but somehow misaligned with what your VP cares about.