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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.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/28431012

  • 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.
  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    131·
    11 days ago

    If this means they quit changing random shit for no reason and focus on fixing bugs, I’m all for it.

    • PurpleTentacle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      11 days ago

      Programmers who maintain code get laid off, programmers who create new code get promoted.

      These kind of lay-offs always result in more bugs and more fucking up shit for no reason.

    • deadcatbounce@reddthat.comEnglish
      21·
      11 days ago

      TIL that I’m cynical. Damn.

      Looks like my next but one phone will be a iPhone. I never imagined that I would ever say that. Ever.

      Google let me down when visual voicemail (or whatever they were going to call it) failed to appear!

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    11 days ago

    Google cut nearly a thousand other employees in its Pixel, Nest, Fitbit and Voice Assistant units in January this year, while it cut “only a few teams” in its Cloud Computing division in February. The largest round of cuts came in early 2023 when Google’s parent firm Alphabet announced it would cut 12 000 jobs, or six percent of its global workforce.

    Ouch