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

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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] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

European salaries for software developers are half of what they are in the USA. It's a problem on both sides of the Atlantic, honestly.

Source: software developer in Europe who usually works for American companies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Be that as it may, Europeans don’t have to live with the constant fact that they might just lay you off today due to “staffing optimization” and there’s absolutely fuck-all you can do about it.