Submitted by PleaseThinkFirst t3_10hyvis in technology
matastas t1_j5dro6q wrote
Reply to comment by miltonfriedman2028 in What High Tech and Media Layoffs Say About the Economy by PleaseThinkFirst
Google hired, like, 26K people last year. Before their layoff, they had 170K employees. They laid off about 6% of their workforce.
I have all the sympathy in the world for the folks who got clipped: it's an awful experience, with no sugar-coating possible. But the media is blowing this out of proportion.
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