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If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see the

If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see their competitors start.

choppaface 3y ago
They probably tried to move as many as possible to Bard or to backfill Ads / Android etc but some of these are people who wouldn’t / couldn’t move. It mainly signals that upper management is not up to task and made bad bets. Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.”
- bpye 3y ago
  > Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.” Is this really a surprise to anyone at this point?
  - choppaface 3y ago
    No but there are a lot of Google employees who still believe e.g. Google makes the world a better place by owning all third party cookies.
- deleted 3y ago
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- tdb7893 3y ago
  That isn't an accurate characterization of these layoffs. They also laid people off in ads and just across all the orgs in general apparently. I'm hearing this from one of my friends in ads who got laid off.
- meragrin_ 3y ago
  > Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.” They weren't axed. They are choosing to leave. They probably reached the point where all the incentives to stay were earned and have no other reason to stay. The Fitbit acquisition was completed 3 years ago so it is quite likely they have reached full vestment.
granzymes 3y ago
I’m sure there are a handful of domain experts that Google would prefer to keep on staff even if they are working on pet projects, but Google is certainly not hiring thousands of extra engineers to keep them away from Microsoft and Meta.
- asadotzler 3y ago
  Right. That was almost all about 18 years ago.
ronaldwood 3y ago
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If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see their competitors start.

choppaface 3y ago

They probably tried to move as many as possible to Bard or to backfill Ads / Android etc but some of these are people who wouldn’t / couldn’t move. It mainly signals that upper management is not up to task and made bad bets. Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.”

bpye 3y ago
> Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.” Is this really a surprise to anyone at this point?
- choppaface 3y ago
  No but there are a lot of Google employees who still believe e.g. Google makes the world a better place by owning all third party cookies.
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tdb7893 3y ago
That isn't an accurate characterization of these layoffs. They also laid people off in ads and just across all the orgs in general apparently. I'm hearing this from one of my friends in ads who got laid off.
meragrin_ 3y ago
> Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.” They weren't axed. They are choosing to leave. They probably reached the point where all the incentives to stay were earned and have no other reason to stay. The Fitbit acquisition was completed 3 years ago so it is quite likely they have reached full vestment.

granzymes 3y ago

I’m sure there are a handful of domain experts that Google would prefer to keep on staff even if they are working on pet projects, but Google is certainly not hiring thousands of extra engineers to keep them away from Microsoft and Meta.

asadotzler 3y ago
Right. That was almost all about 18 years ago.

ronaldwood 3y ago

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