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[–] [email protected] 185 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (13 children)

The Verge reported that CEO Sundar Pichai defended the layoffs and claimed that workers sometimes reach out to express gratitude for the cuts. “And I just want to clarify that, through these changes, people feel it on the ground and sometimes people write back and say, ‘Thank you for simplifying.’ Sometimes we have a complicated, duplicative structure,” he said, per the Verge.

Chalmers: People send thank you's for lay offs?

Pichai: Yes.

Chalmers: May I see one?

Pichai: No.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Yeah that whole line smells like pure bullshit. I've never seen anyone be grateful for having their coworkers laid off.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

We had a coworker that got fired a while back, man that was a relief for the entire department. That person was absolutely toxic to work with, or even near.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

That is different than for layoffs, which generally is less about rooting out toxic people and more about lowering costs. And people know it usually.

That said, anyone causing trouble for management or viewed as not pulling their weight will be the first on the list since management won't have to justify firing them.

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