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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by rkachowski on Thursday January 11, 2024 @08:54AM (#38952170)
Are you seriously saying that people should express gratitude for being fired without ceremony, whilst the company at hand makes record profits?

All the "wind", "sails" and boat metaphors won't change the fact that loyalty is a virtue that fits very poorly on both sides of employment.

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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by JohnFen on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:00PM (#38954955)
That wasn't how I read that comment. What I heard him say was that we should be grateful for having been able to take advantage of an unusually favorable environment, while at the same time recognizing that it's been an unusually favorable environment that will, sooner or later, regress closer to the mean.
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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by I_ on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:32PM (#38956525)
Agreed. But both interpretations stand I guess.
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