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submitted 6 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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

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[-] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 56 points 6 months ago

This always comes down to the fact that labor is competitive. Why pay someone $200k/yeae when someone will do the job for $80k/year? Competition drives the prices of labor down. Maybe there needs to be better regulation for labor competition like corporations enjoy.

[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

What I don't understand is why does competition matter for workers but somehow not for CEOs? I kind of understand and agree in the free market to an extent - if you're fine with hiring a dev for $100 instead of another dev for $1000, and you're okay with the difference in quality / time / etc. then go for it. But where is all this competition happening for CEOs?

Surely someone must be as qualified as Bitchai and willing to do the same job for a measly 100 million a year instead of his 200 million.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

but somehow not for CEOs?

Workers do the actual work. CEOs just make decisions that anyone can make and they have a board of people usually backing them up.

[-] yarr@feddit.nl -1 points 6 months ago

CEOs just make decisions that anyone can make

LMK when your company hits a billion dollars in revenue and we'll see how easy the job is.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago
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