'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg sound the alarm

Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by api on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:45AM (#32413942)

> I thought it was a widely-known-secret that at least part of the insane hiring of engineers without clear teams, projects, etc for them to work on initially was to prevent individuals working for current-or-potential competitors.

Wow, I've suspected this for many years and people told me it was nutty.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by smueller1234 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:48PM (#32415883)

That's because it is. It makes no sense whatsoever to think that could be a deliberate strategy.

Managers are happy when they get their hands on a new role to hire into because they all have more projects than they (think that they) can deliver at good quality with the people they have.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by treis on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:04PM (#32416100)

It doesn't even make a little sense. Giving a bunch of money and free time to someone makes it easier for them to start a company. Not harder.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by roflyear on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:52PM (#32415929)

It is insane. If this was a strategy it would not be some top secret thing.

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