Has there been a Google layoff today?

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wsb_ally
Feb 1, 2021 85 Comments

In LA area? Read in some twitter feed, but cannot find any news about it.

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  • Amazon
    mocha0

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    mocha0
    Stadia got shut down
    Feb 1, 2021 20
    • Roblox
      Owwwen

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      Owwwen
      As a former Valver, don’t put too much stock in how intentional their moves are. It really is just someone starting an interesting project and other people piling on.
      Feb 3, 2021
    • Google
      ,👁👄👁,

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      ,👁👄👁,
      Don’t forget qX’s incessant and blind faith in anti Vax bullshit. And the always memorable comebacks when you call them out on it.
      Feb 3, 2021
  • Amazon
    bagstjsb

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    bagstjsb
    When google Lowballing like a fucking tier5, this is what bound to happen! (P.s i got downlevelled with a stellar interview performance from l5 to l4)
    Feb 1, 2021 33
    • Google
      FirstTimeV

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      FirstTimeV
      Amazon advertising can never catch up to Google search because product search is only a slice of overall search. Google ad network is greater than just search - third party site ads, YouTube, etc - Amazon add is primarily on Amazon.

      Alexa is primarily home automation, while Assistant is primarily phone automation. (It's doing quite well in the home as well) You can also say Assistant is 10000x Alexa on the phone, too. What's Alexa's market share on the phone I wonder? Probably near zero.

      Cloud is Core for both, but Amazon uses cloud to prop up razer thin margins for retail. Google is using Search and YouTube to finance cloud, which is growing at a good clip. Google will eventually have 3 high margin business units in the future. It's worth the investment. AWS had a 6 year head start, so no surprise they are the leader. It will be under immense pressure this decade with both azure and gcp coming on strong. Very different than before when they really had the market to themselves.
      Feb 2, 2021
    • Google
      UJFi73

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      UJFi73
      @amazon you didn’t interview well enough stop being salty. They told you great job and gave you words of affirmation and realized that you’d be a great add to the team, as an L4 based on your answers and experience
      Mar 17, 2021
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    yel

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    yel
    stadia is still alive, just turning down 1st party game development
    Feb 1, 2021 9
  • Exer Urgent Care
    dsp0703

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    dsp0703
    Two friends at YouTube L.A. office got let go.
    Feb 1, 2021 3
  • Google
    wott

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    wott
    Misleading. They shut down in house game studio. Google doesn’t want to be a game studio, they just want to be the platform for game studios to release on. It has nothing to do with confidence in the platform. And nobody got laid off. They will find other jobs internally.
    Feb 1, 2021 3