YouTube to eliminate 100 employees as layoffs at Google continue (techcrunch.com)

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[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago

Ignoring the inflammatory editorializing:

Any layoff sucks and this is increasingly one of the worst possible times to be underemployed in tech.

But as far as layoffs go? This seems pretty "good". 60 day notice to search for new positions (internally or externally) while still employed by Google. Even if Google wants to fuck them over, any manager of basic competence knows to not put critical path work on the person who has already been fired. I don't know Google severance package details but I assume they are good?

And... one of the reasons why this is a horrible time to be underemployed is that (whatever we currently call the) FAANG employees are pretty much set for life. If you have a FAANG-like on your CV you go to the head of almost every hiring pile. So if you are even moderately competent and likable, you have good odds of getting a new high paying job. And... Google is the G in that outdated acronym.

[-] Pogogunner@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

The 60 days of employment is a requirement of the WARN act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraining_Notification_Act_of_1988)

When employees are laid off at Google, they lose access to any systems, can't contact co-workers in the usual manner, etc.

Google severance has been increasing worse since they had their first 12,000 employees get laid off.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago

(whatever we currently call the) FAANG

I don't know how they ever left Microsoft out of that, but I think they're going with MAMAA now (no Netflix, add Microsoft, swap for Meta and Alphabet)

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Microsoft was left out because when it was first coined, Microsoft seemed to be heading down the IBM path of giving up on innovative technology and just becoming a beige box company for enterprise. They've since turned that around substantially, but the acronym has stuck.

[-] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Could have been MMANAA 😔

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

"We're done chewing you up. So we're going to spit you out now."

[-] taldennz@lemmy.nz 0 points 10 months ago

"eliminate"... They're really making full use of dropping the "don't be evil" clause aren't they.

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml -5 points 10 months ago

AI is the way

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