"Assuming current conditions, the second half of the year will be much smaller in scale," Pichai said as quoted by CNBC. "The CEO also noted that he will be "very, very disciplined about managing headcount growth throughout the... — read more 

The rumors is fitbit cancelled and no wonder, Google destroyed fitbit. If that does happen, then an another huge layoff will come.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/24/google-criticized-as-ai-overview-makes-errors-like-saying-president-obama-is-muslim.html And pretty useless when comes to coding, for a simple Kubernetes question, Claude ai and Chatgpt both gave correct answers... — read more 

Thank you Sundar for rushing the AI garbage search. My team is up for firing now.

With all incremental tiny layoffs happening on devices, what are your thoughts on devices division ? I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvFTeAVMmAg

That's my only conclusion.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/09/unisuper-google-cloud-issue-account-access They can plug this particular sequence of events, but the morale is low blameless are process was gone in Jan 2013. New dev centers in Mexico... — read more 

I find the absurdly insensitive and abrupt handling of formerly prized employees astounding. What a condemnation of Google's management—of Sundar Pichai because this is at his feet, on his head, at his behest. Seriously—US$305 billion in revenue... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/andreessen-horowitz-david-ulevitch-comments-google-employees-managers-fake-work-2024-5 "I don't think it's crazy to believe that half the white-collar staff at Google probably does no real work," he said. "The company... — read more 

I've been reading about too many layoffs at Google lately. I always wanted to work there and I kept applying, so when I finally received an offer recently I thought I'd be overjoyed. I should be, but I can't help but feel nervous. Would I be a fool... — read more 

As a former employee of a former large IT company (which has made the exact same strategic mistake over the years) I am sincerely surprised. And I say this with enormous infinite sadness. "At least 200 employees from Google's 'core' team have been... — read more 

https://www.aol.com/finance/googles-layoffs-labeled-needless-union-161904631.html

I am about to accept an offer for Google cloud architect, should I accept? Or they may ki-l GCP in the near future?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-announces-layoffs-across-key-145634745.html

It seems that Google has fired the team that managed the Python ecosystem within the company. This was reported by several sources, including social media accounts of (former) employees of the... — read more 

(Verse 1) Yo, Sundar Pichai, supposed to be the leader, But your engineering skills are lookin' weaker. Chrome's a memory hog, eats RAM like a monster, Android updates fragment every phone in the roster. (Chorus) AI promises, yeah, they all sound so... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2024/google-layoffs-hit-finance-real-estate-divisions-report "We’re responsibly investing in our company's biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” a Google spokesperson said in an email.

Now you can see Google and Apple having meetings to bring Google Gen AI to Apple devices. Let's think about this at Google's perspective: Does the device division is profitable? No Does Google build devices thinking about their users? No... — read more 

Search on netflix "the billion dollar code" and you will realize the company you work for.

I have been talking with a manager in the US about transferring to his team. He said that all future positions he opens up in 2024 will be to accommodate laid off EU folks. Is there any general guidance that people to be laid off have a priority... — read more 

Even Walmart has a better strategy than Google and become a threat. Google employees will work on Walmart now https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/10/why-walmarts-quick-success-in-gen-ai-search-should-worry-google.html

I love you!

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-forgot-most-important-rule-of-leadership-it-could-cost-him-his-job.html I completely agree, but curious to hear other people's opinions. Here's a bit from the article: "The contrast between... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-01/google-trims-jobs-in-trust-and-safety-while-others-work-around-the-clock?leadSource=uverify%20wall "The cuts in the trust and safety solutions group were confirmed by people with knowledge of the... — read more 

March closes the fiscal year, and we must do the financial quarterly report. Rumors are that Google devices divisions will be highly impacted again. Now, with Fitbit, smartphones, and home devices as a single unit, I am wondering who will go. — read more 

"Much like Pichai, these chief executives recognise that changes associated with technology, customer preferences and climate change, among others, will have a larger impact on the way they create, deliver and capture value. These disruptions have... — read more 

The company continues to spends multi-billions on datacenters. That burns up millions in energy. And millions more in research. To compute for an AI. That creates racist pictures. That are used to troll the company. Epic Fail. — read more 

I had a manager that received untruthful complain about my conduct while I was trying to make one of my programs to happen. Looks like the managers showing up 10:30am and leaving 2:30pm were not happy with me asking for work on regular hours and... — read more 

https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/reports/2024/02/consumer-confidence-down-as-jobs-index-plummets-amid-tech-layoffs/

Honestly... Sora is way MORE IMPRESSIVE and REALISIT than Gemini... It is clear, google AI will also receive layoffs.

As Yahoo, when do you think will be Google's funeral ? My bet is 2028. Except with the pseudo management keeps laying people's off.

Due to the amazing leadership on engineering, product, and TPMO, you destroyed fitbit with your pathetic approach of work. I am also taking in consideration the people you let go on last and previous layoff totally based on your politics. All of... — read more 

At least it's a great place to work for those of us who don't have to worry about layoffs. I think we overhired in past years and something like this was inevitable. Things will calm down once the fat is trimmed. What's happening right now is not... — read more 

What’s more, the layoffs have shifted the narrative that long defined working at Google — that it was more of a tinker’ community than a workaday office, where creativity and thinking out of the box was encouraged. That it was a fun, different kind... — read more 

Or should I forget about coming back to Google and look into the OP post with Steps on how to become a Coal Miner and move from California to West Virigina? I used to drive a Backhoe and Combine so I think I can make it as a Coal Miner.

The rumors are there will be more layoffs on devices going from pixel to home devices and that will happen on next couple months. Just wondering why couple months instead next financial quarterly announcement.

It's widely known among employees in my Google group, that Management, with help from HR over hired during Covid. Now with things slowing, and having too many employees in our group, it's a game of musical chairs. Everyone needing to find a new... — read more 

Someone brought this up in another post (just below). I thought I would start a new topic based on the following points. "I have a strange feeling that many companies I applied to actually have no clue what they are looking for. Everything is in... — read more