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Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’ (www.hindustantimes.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Google layoffs: The company plans to set up a new team in Munich, Germany which would act as "cheaper" labour, the report claimed.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Sundar Pichai-led company

Is that really a better description than just saying Google?

[–] [email protected] 182 points 4 months ago (3 children)

CEOs. Name them. Shame them.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Folks need to start naming Prabhakar Raghavan, he’s the mother fucker that fucked up the search side to increase ad revenue, which is what Pacai hired him to do like a good little McKinsey alum

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

he's also the guy who wrecked yahoo search. fuck Prabhakar Raghavan.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The board of directors probably plays bigger roles when it comes to layoffs than the C-Suites.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So no ones at fault, if companies knew that they could save so much money. Apparently CEOs do fuck all and banking hundreds of millions.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago

What exactly does this accomplish?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

Personally I like seeing his name nailed to the worst era in Google’s history. The company has gone into the shitter since he arrived.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's not Google technically: it's alphabet. Which is why they phrased it like that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Why not just: "Alphabet (e.g. Google)"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's about accountability

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Hindustan Times is an Indian site. Sundar Pichai is Indian.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Microsoft and Google have indian CEOs so they can penetrate the billion people market (indians are deeply patriotic, and it plays into overall brand loyalty) and these companies plan lower costs while doing so.

What's a few million dollar paid for a (specifically chosen for the purpose) CEO, when you can make billions by using it to gain grounds in a emerging market.

Win-Win