Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set us up for the future

Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:47PM (#34456801)

I interned at a large well-known tech company. When I started, in the break room, there was a Keurig machine and they would keep a large drawer stocked with plenty of k-cups.

Then one day, they stopped refilling it, saying they're cutting costs. I was like, really? Each employee, at most, is drinking $2 worth of k-cups/day. Meanwhile, you're paying them at LEAST $400/day.

The kicker is that the location had a cafeteria where they could get free coffee, but it was a much longer round trip to get there. It could easily be a 10+ minute ordeal. The productivity loss outdid any savings gains.

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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by throwaway894345 on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:00PM (#34457988)

I suspect there was a big meeting with a bunch of managers about the need to make up a 7-figure budget deficit and 50 of the 60 minutes was spent bikeshedding about k-cups. :)

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