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- techdever, on 01/15/2009, -2/+106what's a batchelor? Someone who edits .bat files all day?
- michaelpinto, on 01/15/2009, -9/+99Side Note: Jason Calacanis Predicted this a few months ago!
- AudioLoveMagic, on 01/15/2009, -1/+82Anybody else working at a job they'd otherwise leave? That's me right now. I feel so trapped, but there's not a whole lot out there, so I'm stuck with what I have and I'm reluctantly grateful for it. "At least I have something" is not my favorite reassuring thought, but at least I have something.
- drrlvn, on 01/18/2009, -4/+66Why not link to the official announcement in Google blog, where everything is explained?
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-to- ...
Stop making big headlines to attract diggers who would not check the facts. - dn11, on 01/15/2009, -0/+52once they start firing people on the AdSense team, start to be worried. maybe google has to cut back on their plot for an ad powered moonbase/space elevator/undersea fortress for the time being. maybe they'll actually focus on their core products for a sec
- dn11, on 01/15/2009, -1/+36you think this is the bottom? the bottom is when Jason sells his Tesla.
- novenator, on 01/15/2009, -2/+36Time to buy that plot and plant a garden folks
- manicdvln, on 01/15/2009, -0/+32I don't think Google is in trouble, I think they just taking precautions and doing a small clean up.
- Mizzike, on 01/15/2009, -0/+27Woohoo! ;) For context, Jason suggested that we won't hit rock bottom until google starts laying off people
- jdawg, on 01/15/2009, -2/+28Thanks for the kudos... of course, if I'm correct it means 2009 is going to really suck for a lot of people.
For background, Google has never had layoffs and they have a huge amount of cash and very large profits. For them to lay off 100 people means they really want to save what is a small amount of money (for them) and they now have to deal with bad PR, morale and the reaction of the stock market.
Why not just eat the loss associated with 100 people? I see two reasons:
a) there profits are going to be crushed
b) they think this is an extended downturn and want to start the process of laying off people early (which means there will be more layoffs if performance goes down).
Anyway, scary times.... - greenlight2001, on 01/15/2009, -1/+27I'm gonna grow pot.
- beachsouthpaw, on 01/15/2009, -3/+25And there go the only hot girls in the entire company...............
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -3/+25HR is full of crabby bitches anyway.
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -2/+24Perfect, finish off my batchelors, then do a masters... 2 or 3 years from now Google will be wanting to hire again and I'll be there to pick up my dream job at their Zürich offices ;)
- chanop, on 01/15/2009, -0/+21I 2nd that. I hate my job but am greatfull for having one.
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -1/+16Best managed company in what way? Seriously.
- HaSatan, on 01/15/2009, -0/+13Well played, sir.
- RedRummy, on 01/15/2009, -1/+14just cos they're rich, doens't mean they're managed well. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes
- techdever, on 01/15/2009, -3/+15michaelpinto - use the reply button next time
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -0/+12This has been happening a bit in Sydney of late, but in the cases I know of (like smh laying off 500 journos) they got enough volunteers to fill the spots. I wonder sometimes how much of a role that plays.
That said, 30,000 people lost their jobs in Sydney last month too... the crunch is on. - pw378, on 01/15/2009, -3/+15"Capitalism doesn't work!"
Yeah, I'd rather have 100 meter long bread lines and be living in a ***** 1 bedroom apartment with my entire family polishing off a black market bottle of vodka. - michaelpinto, on 01/15/2009, -0/+11Ouch! The idea of journalists being replaced by unpaid volunteers is so depressing to me...
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -1/+12If reality bites, change your reality.
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -5/+15HR = Waste of Money
- saltinekracka20, on 01/15/2009, -0/+10Predicted that a company would reduce jobs during a recession? He's a prophet!
- Albumen, on 01/15/2009, -2/+12Google is just the Borg in hoodies and Crocks!
- michaelpinto, on 01/15/2009, -1/+10Jason just tweeted that this would be the start of something that would last for a year - so he sees this as the start of the bottom. It's funny even though he's not an economist I take his insights very seriously...
- SoundJudgment, on 01/15/2009, -3/+12"Game over, man. Game over!"
First, 'Lively' gets canceled... now this. *sniffles* - TheBigBad, on 01/15/2009, -0/+9unless you're one of those 100 people.
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -21/+29That they're all in recruiting really tells us something about Google: their recruiters suck.
Anyone who didn't pick up on the sarcasm is a moron, thanks. - WiretapStudios, on 01/15/2009, -0/+8Just show up and fake it dude.
- milo77, on 01/15/2009, -0/+8They made other cost cutting measures, including shutting down the Austin, TX office just a few months after it opened. They also closed offices in Norway and Sweden. The engineers at these offices weren't laid-off. They were given the choice to relocate to cities where other (larger) google offices exist. Those that leave will be given a nice severance. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/ ...
- jasonh1234, on 01/15/2009, -0/+7Well... the Employment Contract did say "Beta" :-/
- veriix, on 01/15/2009, -1/+8Buried for michaelpinto thinking he knows when it's really bad.
- REDBLIND, on 01/15/2009, -0/+7I agree. A lot of companies are using the economy as en excuse to clean house.
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -2/+8Google is growing up and becoming a real company. If they've got a 100 recruiters they can ***** can then something was wrong to start with.
- Murdats, on 01/15/2009, -3/+9faults? these are all recruiters? google has a ton of staff and maybe they feel they don't need to have 100 people looking for hundreds of more people at this time, especially with their purse strings tightening.
they also stated they hope a lot will get internal positions and the like so I would assume they are opening positions up so some of those that are fired would be immediately rehired as employees and not contractors.
but I am sorry, you were busy making an uninformed sweeping statement of ignorance, please continue and sorry for the interruption. - ChayesFSS, on 01/15/2009, -3/+9HR ~= worthless anyways
- EricMiIIer, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6so this is rock bottom?
- CCB0x45, on 01/15/2009, -0/+6From what i've heard Google is terribly managed, people that work there don't even know what exactly they are trying to accomplish half the time, they have like 10 projects going on, I know a lot of current Google employees and ex ones. While the environment is great for coming up with new ideas and throwing everything against the wall, I wouldnt call it the best management since it does waste a ton of resources.
- SoopaflySAM, on 01/15/2009, -0/+6I have no idea who's that! DUGG
- Elranzer, on 01/15/2009, -2/+8(Keven) Rose is no analyst. Let's not pretend he ever was. He's just an Apple fanboy with an opinion (a rather loud one).
- blackinthmiddle, on 01/15/2009, -0/+5To add to what you said, contractors can be fired without it making the news. It's hard to get rid of 1000 employees without people knowing. However, I used to work as a consultant and companies would often get rid of contractors, knowing they could do so discreetly if they so chose.
- kidrichgt, on 01/15/2009, -0/+5Eventually they will, key is eventually.
Sucks to be a college graduate now, they're just coming out and competing with people who have 2-5 years experience, that are willing to work for the same amount of money as a recent grad. - helenkupo, on 01/15/2009, -1/+6I'm going buy that plot and plant money. I heard it will grow into money trees.
- 1807, on 01/15/2009, -1/+6Dude, getting banned from Google must be like how Lucifer felt when he was banished from Heaven. Not that Google workers are the devil incarnate or anything.
- bodycounter, on 01/15/2009, -0/+5This didn't just come out of nowhere. They were planning all of this for a while. They had huge growth for a while so they increased their HR and let people run with whatever projects they came up with. Now they are scaling back and being more selective about which products to devote resources to.
- drethedog, on 01/15/2009, -1/+6lol
- ponzudigital, on 01/15/2009, -1/+6Contractors are usually the first to be cut back because they cost more than employees. Employees can be overloaded with work for awhile and save a lot of money. Then the company can fire the employees and bring in cheaper contractors :D
I think that's why "Not Contractors" was used. It's a bigger deal to fire employees. - mohsenxp, on 01/15/2009, -0/+5marijuana. a.k.a The money tree.
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