I think it is notable that they are just slowing hiring. Here's a maybe somewhat apocryphal story from 2008, where Google froze all hiring and even had some lay offs. Meanwhile, at the same time,...
I think it is notable that they are just slowing hiring. Here's a maybe somewhat apocryphal story from 2008, where Google froze all hiring and even had some lay offs. Meanwhile, at the same time, Facebook went on a hiring spree, picking up much of the talent that Google let go, or didn't hire, the company growing massively.
Eric Schmidt, then CEO of Google, calls the decision to freeze hiring the worst decision he's ever made during his term.
Google has done pretty well since then, so it doesn't seem like that much of a mistake? They have over 100,000 employees now, and sometimes I wonder what they are all doing.
Google has done pretty well since then, so it doesn't seem like that much of a mistake?
They have over 100,000 employees now, and sometimes I wonder what they are all doing.
Many things that they can't necessarily talk about, but also a lot of internal maintenance and stability. A friend mentioned in passing that he'd spent several years working to make sure that all...
Many things that they can't necessarily talk about, but also a lot of internal maintenance and stability. A friend mentioned in passing that he'd spent several years working to make sure that all of the systems could be shut down and restarted independent of any other systems. If all the whole world's computers turned off at once one day, Google would be able to turn everything back on and be ready to carry on the next day. I assume there's a lot of other future-proofing and maintenance-type things that they're doing that other companies don't for reasons of economics. It takes a lot of staff to do that kind of thing, but if Alphabet doesn't have the money, who does?
I think it is notable that they are just slowing hiring. Here's a maybe somewhat apocryphal story from 2008, where Google froze all hiring and even had some lay offs. Meanwhile, at the same time, Facebook went on a hiring spree, picking up much of the talent that Google let go, or didn't hire, the company growing massively.
Eric Schmidt, then CEO of Google, calls the decision to freeze hiring the worst decision he's ever made during his term.
Google has done pretty well since then, so it doesn't seem like that much of a mistake?
They have over 100,000 employees now, and sometimes I wonder what they are all doing.
Many things that they can't necessarily talk about, but also a lot of internal maintenance and stability. A friend mentioned in passing that he'd spent several years working to make sure that all of the systems could be shut down and restarted independent of any other systems. If all the whole world's computers turned off at once one day, Google would be able to turn everything back on and be ready to carry on the next day. I assume there's a lot of other future-proofing and maintenance-type things that they're doing that other companies don't for reasons of economics. It takes a lot of staff to do that kind of thing, but if Alphabet doesn't have the money, who does?