What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes?

Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by sbierwagen on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @03:23PM (#32323131)

21% of Alphabet was hired this quarter.

>Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said its head count rose 21% in the second quarter of 2022 to 174,014 full-time employees from 144,056 the year prior. https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/corporate-wellness/...

SV talks the big talk about hiring the best of the best of the best, then hires 30 thousand people in three months. There probably aren't that many 10x programmers in the world.

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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by ghaff on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @04:44PM (#32324061)

Interview process gatekeeping notwithstanding, the idea that you can hire 30,000 people (admittedly a decent proportion is probably backfilling/growing administrative, etc. positions) who are all "the best and the brightest" doesn't pass the sniff test.

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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by marshray on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @03:51PM (#32323451)

Quibble:

A 21% rise results in 17% of the new group having come from the increase.

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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by skinnymuch on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @05:36PM (#32324572)

That’s over 12 months. It’s year over year.

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