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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by giantg2 on Friday January 20, 2023 @09:00AM (#34453205)
"I can't believe that Google, Shopify, Coinbase, everyone, really believed that this was the new reality going forward."

They didn't. They knew it wouldn't last. But what they had to do was stay competitive and/or meet demand by scaling up while they could. Now they have a larger pool of talent and can cut people/programs who are too expensive or are under performing.

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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by AYBABTME on Friday January 20, 2023 @10:58AM (#34454812)
Yup. And I'm annoyed that they pretend it was all a mistake, and try to pass me the reader for a fool by writing this sentence. That's all.
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by giantg2 on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:41AM (#34455664)
Yeah, but this sort of thing is common in many industries. The people in power explain things in a political way in the name of communicating with laypeople to avoid bad reactions. This can be CEOs, politicians, doctors, police, developers, etc.
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