News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams. Parent comment

Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by bryanrasmussen on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:17AM (#38948026)
If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see their competitors start.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by granzymes on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:33AM (#38948156)
I’m sure there are a handful of domain experts that Google would prefer to keep on staff even if they are working on pet projects, but Google is certainly not hiring thousands of extra engineers to keep them away from Microsoft and Meta.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by asadotzler on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:59AM (#38948731)
Right. That was almost all about 18 years ago.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by choppaface on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:23AM (#38948084)
They probably tried to move as many as possible to Bard or to backfill Ads / Android etc but some of these are people who wouldn’t / couldn’t move. It mainly signals that upper management is not up to task and made bad bets. Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.”
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by meragrin_ on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:21AM (#38948486)
> Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.”

They weren't axed. They are choosing to leave. They probably reached the point where all the incentives to stay were earned and have no other reason to stay. The Fitbit acquisition was completed 3 years ago so it is quite likely they have reached full vestment.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by tdb7893 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:04AM (#38948371)
That isn't an accurate characterization of these layoffs. They also laid people off in ads and just across all the orgs in general apparently. I'm hearing this from one of my friends in ads who got laid off.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by bpye on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:30AM (#38948128)
> Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.”

Is this really a surprise to anyone at this point?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by choppaface on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:52AM (#38948289)
No but there are a lot of Google employees who still believe e.g. Google makes the world a better place by owning all third party cookies.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Lays Off Hundreds in Hardware, Voice Assistant Teams by ronaldwood on Sunday January 21, 2024 @07:19PM (#39084524)
I'd start by saying "THANK YOU" again to John Swift Web Recovery for saving me from what I don't know could have been, if not for their timely intervention and productive assistance to help recover the $615,000 worth of BTC I thought I've lost by not being able to access my wallet even with my correct login details. All previous efforts proved abortive till I got connected to John Swift Web Recovery. Thankfully, they were able to help me regain access and made my wallet work perfectly okay again. You too can reach out to them, they will surely assist. To contact, use maill: johnswiftwebrecovery @ cybergal . com Visit via telegram: @johnswiftwebrecovery or whatsapp: ‪+39 351 663 7428‬
[ Parent | on HN ]