Not really. When I lived and worked in Silicon Valley in the early 2010s, we used to joke that Yahoo! is where you go to retire.

I think Google is starting to become that.

funny because back then if you ex yahoo that means you got some above average engineering skills

That was the case for Google 10 years ago. Nowadays being an ex-googler gives one a not so bright aura

> Not really.

What is not really about piyuv’s comment?

> There are places to hide in these companies for non-productive workers.

And that is where the leadership issue lies. Either because they can’t identify them, or can’t motivate them, or can’t fire them. Who is responsible for doing that? I don’t think it is the janitors. It is the leadership, very much.

Absolutely true. The layoffs appear to have been 100% random. Lots of loafers and do-nothing types on my friend's team who did not get laid off, but other people who consistently do great work did get laid off.

There's no incentive to excel. Either you'll get laid off anyway or someone else will take credit for your work.

Might as well just coast. The severance is quite good, so there's not even much motivation to quit, better to wait to be laid off.