Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records

Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by fancl20 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:40PM (#34621346)

From my personal experience if you have a good personal relationship with your manager, when you want to leave the company they may told you there’s an unannounced layoff in months so you can wait until then. You get extra cash and they can meet the headcount reduction goal.

Although it’s hard to know whether this is the case here \_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by enos_feedler on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:53PM (#34621432)

I actually saw a linkedin post where someone described this exact scenario as the context for them being chosen for layoffs. They were very senior so maybe this was the L9. I’ll never find the post

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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by xavdid on Thursday February 02, 2023 @01:35AM (#34622964)

Side note:

> I’ll never find the post

This a big pet peeve of mine on linkedin and twitter - doesn't matter if I navigate away from the page for just a second; if the algorithm reshuffles my feed at all, there's a good chance I'll never see that post I was looking for again.

It's a real bummer if I ever need to find anything. The only solution I can think of is storing every link I come across in a searchable format, just in case I need to find anything.

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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by prayashm on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:44AM (#34623452)

I have been facing the same! rewind.ai helped me retrieve it.

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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by vineyardmike on Thursday February 02, 2023 @03:46AM (#34623912)

> The only solution I can think of is storing every link I come across in a searchable format

I take screenshots of any content I find interesting. Effortless, even on mobile (where links suck), and usually enough context to search for it again. If I ever want it, its usually shortly after first seeing it, if not.. its lost in the endless pile of photos.

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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by paganel on Thursday February 02, 2023 @04:39AM (#34624298)

I used to bookmark some Twitter posts/links that I found interesting, but then I gave up even on that because then I'd have to navigate and search through an ever expanding list of bookmarks (not an easy task, also).

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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by r00fus on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:28AM (#34627853)

Sounds about right. A while back, during a merger, an enterprising colleague, when asked casually by the manager if what he'd do if he were laid off, said "I think I really like sailing" - the rest of us when asked said we'd probably just get another tech job.

He got let go with a very nice severance package and immediately went full time consulting on (what I imagine) was a side gig for him before hand. Years later we met on another job and laughed reminiscing about it.

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