Google cuts hundreds of jobs in Android division - Hypertext
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A fresh round of layoffs has hit Google in its device and platforms division, with Microsoft also considering job cuts soon.
  • Google is set to cut hundreds of new jobs in its device and platforms divisions soon.
  • The company has continued to cut its Google Pixel teams, doing so earlier this year as well.
  • Rival Microsoft is considering a new round of layoffs next month, per reports.
    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      91·
      11 days ago

      Well, if you don’t need programmers to work in place place at the corporate headquarters, you can hire them anywhere.

      • MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        11 days ago

        Yes I agree. I just wanted to point out that articles like linked should not be immediately interpreted as “oh noo recession”. They move labor wherever it is cheaper, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, India, or China in case of manufacturing, that’s all.

        Privileges of being a megacorp?