alphabot314·3 jaar geleden·discuss> The previous layoff was all across the board and likely trimming lower rated engineers across the whole company.This is simply untrue for the Jan 2023 Alphabet layoffs. Entire orgs (>200 FTE) were let go regardless of individual performance.
alphabot314·3 jaar geleden·discussInteresting to see that robot as the cover image when the team that built them was shutdown earlier this year: https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-layoffs-hit-trash-sorti...
alphabot314·3 jaar geleden·discussEveryday Robots was recently kneecapped: https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-layoffs-hit-trash-sorti...
alphabot314·3 jaar geleden·discussI had a manager religiously protect 1:1s who canceled (without rescheduling) one week.I immediately assumed I was being laid off, but I was only partly correct - that Friday the whole program was eliminated.
This is simply untrue for the Jan 2023 Alphabet layoffs. Entire orgs (>200 FTE) were let go regardless of individual performance.