Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by ngold on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:09PM (#23631640)

And the reason they probably want to stay an ad company is so they don't get stuck with IBM sized workforce.

Their lack of customer support is border line criminal.

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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by Spooky23 on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:33PM (#23631981)

Lol, no. They have >100k employees.

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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by 300bps on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:39PM (#23633573)

Google has 118,899 employees.

IBM has 352,600 which is about 3x the number of employees that Google has.

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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by dleslie on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @05:53PM (#23634293)

You're comparing a 900lbs Gorilla to a 300lbs Gorilla and sort of overlooking that they're both Gorillas.

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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by zepto on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:47PM (#23634718)

I think the argument is that the 300lb gorilla is actually an overweight chimp.

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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by pembrook on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @05:37PM (#23634169)

If you count on-site, full time contractors at Google you get closer to 250,000.

Give it time. My guess is Google will be well over 300,000 by 2030.

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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by fgonzag on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:47PM (#23647904)

Imagine all the tech support you could buy with 200k employees.

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