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"Firing everyone" is greatly exaggerated. Google is not at its all-time high, but still pretty close: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/

"Firing everyone" is greatly exaggerated. Google is not at its all-time high, but still pretty close: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/number-of-employees https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/numb... Amazon: similar. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AMZN/amazon/number-of-employees https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AMZN/amazon/number... Microsoft: all time high? https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/MSFT/microsoft/number-of-employees https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/MSFT/microsoft/num... It sucks if you need to find work, but these are still major employers, even after large layoffs. They can lay off thousands without much of a dent. I'm old, I remember when Google was 20k people and I thought that was enormous.

rsanek 1y ago
Agree that "firing everyone" is exaggerated, but what we're seeing now is pretty unique. Headcount increases between 2010~2022 at these companies were around 15~25% CAGR; now, it's at best flat for the past ~3 years. I think that's going to make a pretty big dent.