alphabot314·há 3 anos·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·há 3 anos·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·há 3 anos·discussEveryday Robots was recently kneecapped: https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-layoffs-hit-trash-sorti...
alphabot314·há 3 anos·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.
alphabot314·há 3 anos·discuss> I could be wrong though.Yep, you are.A small percentage of the EDR team (and mainly contractors) were absorbed by Google Research - the vast majority of the team was let go.
This is simply untrue for the Jan 2023 Alphabet layoffs. Entire orgs (>200 FTE) were let go regardless of individual performance.