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Also, the FAANG obsession with efficiency, layoffs, etc. will potentially make it much worse in the next decade. It's been evident with Google products for quit
by mkl95 3y ago
Also, the FAANG obsession with efficiency, layoffs, etc. will potentially make it much worse in the next decade. It's been evident with Google products for quite some time.
- yayitswei 3y agoI thought Google doesn't do layoffs? It's even a Silicon Valley meme ("rest and vest").
- leoc 3y agoI'm not sure to what extent that was really true before, but it definitely became false in 2023: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/20/tech/google-layoffs-employee-culture/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/20/tech/google-layoffs-emplo... . And it seems as if the cause was the sudden vibe shift to "kick the lazy bums" in the tech-chief locker room—apparently sparked by Musk's Twitter firings, of all things, as if that looked like a smart model to emulate.
- leoc 3y agoTo be fair, I think Google's software looked just as bloated, half-baked, directionless and so on its fat and happy low-layoffs era. The firing spasm certainly doesn't seem to have brought any improvements, though ...