Meta lays off 11,000 people

Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by j-krieger on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:45AM (#33530748)

I can't believe google hired 100k people during the pandemic. Can you source this claim?

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by pyrrhotech on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:54AM (#33530861)

Of course not, because it was pulled from his ass. Google had 120k employees in 2019, and 150k in 2021. Even with churn, the OP is way off

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by bombcar on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:58AM (#33530905)

It could still be true if Google fired 70k people. But we’d have heard of that.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by bsimpson on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:48PM (#33535229)

Half of Googlers are temps:

so double the numbers for a sense of how many people G actually employs.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by three_seagrass on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:02PM (#33535442)

TVCs are temps, vendors, and contractors - they aren't typically considered hires. It's covering things like mat/pat leave backfill to kitchen staff.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by bsimpson on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:58PM (#33551355)

Oh you sweet summer child

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