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Re:Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 ... by tim333 on Sunday May 12, 2024 @01:31PM (#40336079)
You can argue it's unethical to overhire as it takes bright hardworking people who could otherwise be curing cancer or whatever and instead allocates them to busywork just so Facebook etc can't hire them instead.
Re:Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 ... by HDThoreaun on Sunday May 12, 2024 @01:59PM (#40336237)
Google didnt purposefully overhire. They misread the landscape during covid and then business plans changed.
Re:Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 ... by tim333 on Sunday May 12, 2024 @04:30PM (#40337356)
I don't have personal knowledge here but there are headlines like this https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-over-hired-talent-fake...