Substantial layoff at Google this morning, locations around the world. IT and helpdesk hit hard. To be fair, they’re hard-pressed, last quarter’s earnings a mere $26.54B, that’s a narrow 27.51% profit margin.
@timbray All the money and talent a company could ever ask for, ever, and absolutely no idea what they could be doing with it or why, beyond making one line go up. Just a total abdication of vision.
@mhoye I seen a theory that they absorb talent and pay them big salary with single goal - prevent these talents from creating anything good at competitors companies.
I was at an intern "town hall", at microsoft, with Steve Balmer. An intern ask why are some interns getting paid to do essentially nothing all summer. Balmer immediatly quips he'd rather they stay at microsoft [doing nothing] instead of creating the next big thing some place else.
@nullagent [here I could place that famous Spock "Fascinating!" GIF from StarTrek ToS, but may be just mentioning it would be enough]
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