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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:

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=56878

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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