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Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It's going to be more expensive to hire and train new people when the dumdums in upper management finally figure out the mistakes

Unfortunately that's not the case. Those who have been laid off are those paid high salaries to build up the foundation. Now that the foundation is already there, they future work won't be as complex as before and need less training. So why would they still pay the very high salaries? They'll just get rid of the used-to-be-important programmers and hire the can-be-hired-for-a-lot-less programmers from India. It's sad, but that's the reality.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Those who have been laid off are those ... to build up the foundation. Now that the foundation is already there, the future work won't be as complex as before and need less training.

Small-to-medium companies see you at least as investment. So this is where i work.

[–] ericjmorey 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They're hiring replacements in Germany, not India.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

have you seen the salaries in Germany? still much much cheaper than Bay Area

[–] ericjmorey 2 points 6 months ago

Yes. I was just giving accurate information, not making any sort of argument.

[–] Maddier1993 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now that the foundation is already there, they future work won’t be as complex as before and need less training.

LOL, LMAO even.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, at least give you argument so I can also laugh at myself too.

Anyway, take a look at this article that just came out just earlier, which means that by no chance it's been referenced when I wtote my earlier comment. And do take note of the BOLD words.

The Core unit is responsible for building the technical foundation behind the company’s flagship products and for protecting users’ online safety, according to Google’s website. Core teams include key technical units from information technology, its Python developer team, technical infrastructure, security foundation, app platforms, core developers, and various engineering roles.