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Google is laying off more employees and hiring for their roles outside of the U.S.

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[–] [email protected] 220 points 6 months ago (16 children)

The latest cuts come as the company enjoys its fastest growth rate since early 2022, alongside improving profit margins. Last week, Alphabet reported a 15% jump in first-quarter revenue from a year earlier and announced its first-ever dividend and a $70 billion buyback.

Repulsive.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 6 months ago (14 children)

So they ditch the people who helped make them successful? What kind of ass-backwards strategy is this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes. They have let go people that worked there for over 15 years.

I believe what Mark Zuckerberg said about the tech layoffs, streamlining by getting rid of more management roles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I could imagine them letting AI (or offshore workers) manage everything, and keeping the managers around with chatbots reporting in to the managers, so they wouldn’t know they were being replaced.

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