Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and staplers

Re:Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and stap... by billconan on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:32PM (#35427933)

One of my best friends landed a job at Google after graduation. She told me about a fellow new hire she met during orientation who said she planned to coast along in the job since she had learned that Google never lays people off.

I guess there is no such thing as a completely secure job, even at a company like Google.

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Re:Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and stap... by zvonimirs on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:43PM (#35428122)

Horrible. Where I'm from, we call those people uhljebi and they're the worst people to work with since they always look for ways to offload their work to others.

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Re:Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and stap... by disfadbish on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:57PM (#35429437)

They have always fired people for under performing though.

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Re:Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and stap... by seanmcdirmid on Monday April 03, 2023 @05:07PM (#35431307)

And large scale layoffs often don't take into account performance (they just cut teams).

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Re:Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and stap... by compiler-guy on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:11PM (#35429644)

Underperforming people are routinely managed out or just plain let go. It's not unusual at all.

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