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Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by adrianN on Friday February 14, 2020 @11:58PM (#22333377)
Unless their skillset just isn't needed at that location anymore and they can't move to a different city for example because they have children in school.

I guess it helps keeping the workforce young and flexible.

Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by lrem on Saturday February 15, 2020 @02:52AM (#22333977)
A vast majority of full time Googlers are bucketed onto ladders that are needed in pretty much any team. Say SWE, SRE-SWE (that can switch to SWE at will), TPGM, all kinds of managers. Much of the remainder are people who should be able to do the switch, say SRE-SWE to SWE, within the grace period. Legal and accounting might find themselves in a pickle, but these don't move often.