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pink_tshirt t1_jegcluu wrote
Not gonna get “day in a life of …” type of videos for a while I guess.
wockyman t1_jegd6io wrote
Nope. That's a paddlin'.
typesett t1_jegfk9v wrote
Ahhh here we are
i used to go to dev community things in their campus and it felt like it must be a dream. Circa 2007ish
10 years ago I started meeting people who although were paid well kind of gave up because of beaurocracy
and here we are 2023 and it’s just another job basically
rain168 t1_jeggt0g wrote
Investors, speculators, suppliers, contractors, vendors are the few I can think of.
rain168 t1_jegh4ug wrote
Same can be said for most tech companies that got big
rain168 t1_jegh855 wrote
Still will get those videos but probably less fun and games… much less fun and games
typesett t1_jegib8p wrote
Sure but Google was the leader
to be fair, at least they started out with optimism towards their own workers and the workers liked it too
spisHjerner t1_jegiivt wrote
Reminds me of the Mac Miller song "So It Goes" -
"You could have the world in the palm of your hands You still might drop it."
Google had every opportunity, some of the smartest people in the world, developing cutting-edge models, for at least 6 years. What really happened? Dude fumbled so hard. It's still shocking for me to see.
the_red_scimitar t1_jegk5bq wrote
Customers too. It's been noticed and noted a lot lately that Google's search quality has gone down significantly.
pichiquito t1_jegkavi wrote
They’ll eliminate the perks, sure. Great. Will they also eliminate their famously toxic work environment? Will they eliminate their “slime mold” lack of focus that caused many of their projects to fail, projects that evaporated billions of their huge revenue dollars?
Too big to fail? Maybe
Too big to change the world again? Kinda seems like it
the_red_scimitar t1_jegkc0e wrote
Yeah - and it kind of started around the time they dropped their famous slogan. Seems that implying one will no longer operate ethically may have had some knock-on effects.
WhatTheZuck420 t1_jeglzus wrote
they started being evil long before they kicked don't to the curb
WhatTheZuck420 t1_jegm4kl wrote
absolutely. and their search by image is total shite now
rain168 t1_jegp4o3 wrote
Sundar turned all that into rest-n-vest culture
spisHjerner t1_jegq6ra wrote
LaMDA + Google Conversations was "it." They quite literally had developed the cutting edge tech already. It's really astonishing to see that Conversations team was unilaterally fired. Same with Robotics.
My only thought is that the US Government gave them an ultimatum, e.g., either you develop AGI robots for us to use as military merchants, or you shut it down. And Google chose to shut it down. This is the only way I can see this happening. (Similar to Microsoft suddenly ditching VR).
Truly a WTF moment in history.
ResidentMD317 t1_jegr5zu wrote
They are the new IBM
the_red_scimitar t1_jegsena wrote
I think it's too easy to leap to a conspiracy theory when well known facts explain things perfectly well. Every one of the major tech companies is shedding tens of thousands of jobs. This is simply a market correction. They had massively over hired, massively overextended, all on the expectation that the ludicrous growth of the last 20 years could possibly continue. All while working on the technology that would make obsolete a lot of jobs, including those within the company.
I don't think it takes conspiracy to explain that they just can't afford it anymore.
spisHjerner t1_jegtjkb wrote
Eh, IMO it's more than hand wavy conspiracy theory claims. People who work in certain sectors are presented with paths. And Google has chosen a path. We'll see what comes of it.
Empty-Dragonfruit194 t1_jegu2on wrote
How much could they save cutting free laundry?
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grondfoehammer t1_jegbxuw wrote
Who cares other than a googler.