Google Executes Mass Layoffs In The Worst Way

[@parler8698]

Who gets "consulted" on their dismissal?

[@HHHPedigrees]

This is why there’s nothing wrong with quiet quitting Ken. Stop blaming the employees who are looking out for themselves. Companies dont care for employees why should we care about them?

[@gar24407]

Millenials figure this out a while back. Why be loyal to a company that is not loyal to you.

[@Lisa-my5sy]

Gen x beat you to it a while ago. Hope the trend continues

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

Millennials are not loyal to anyone. Not even themselves...

[@CaptainHammerFists]

Ken one week: “Quiet quitting is a plague and people are lazy.” Next week….a perfect example of why people are quiet quitting or job hoping because they realize the company will drop them overnight without notice.

[@grantguy8933]

ken needs to show us how Dave's company let people go with more care and dignity, i doubt it though. not to bash Dave's company at all, as long as the employees were paid in full, they are respected enough. this is not kindergarten anymore.

[@genxx2724]

Getting fired is always without notice. Millennials think it should be different for them?

[@gabolujan3109]

@@grantguy8933 Dave does not have layoffs idiot. That’s why people work for Ramsey solutions. The company never laid off on3 person.

[@grantguy8933]

@@gabolujan3109 Company hire and let people go all the time. That’s how you find the fit and grow business. Dave mentioned he let people go before. Stop calling me by your name.

[@aisherwasher6959]

@@grantguy8933 I work for a large global company that recently announced it was reducing its workforce by 10%. They let us know before doing mass layoffs, asked older workers to take a **nice** early retirement package, and will reduce the remaining necessary workforce over the next year. In the past they've done similar things to reduce the workforce over shorter periods of time. If a company plans appropriately and reasonably cares for its workforce, there's no reason for employees to wake up without a job with zero notice (let alone face to face). It's not kindergarten, it's running a reputable company

[@Jabruzar]

At least she was laid off from home. I remember working in a call center during mass layoffs of the last recession. They would call employees into a room to break the news; armed security would escort the just laid off employee to the door. They wouldn’t even let employees retrieve their belongings from the desk they’d been at for 15 years! “You’ll get your belongings in the mail.” There is nothing humane about it.

[@markdaniel8524]

That's CRAZY. I am so sorry you had to endure that.

[@SilentStormParadox]

Sorry but there was nothing that you had to "endure." You had access to sensitive parts of the company and it was a MAJOR liability to the company to ha e you anywhere near that stuff if you knew you were laid off. That's just how life works. People do stupid shit out of spite ALL THE TIME. Maybe YOU wouldn't but maybe the guy next to you would and there's no way of telling. You people should be ashamed that you don't understand simple logic like this.

[@markdaniel8524]

@@SilentStormParadox I understand all of that. But you can't even let security walk them back to their desk to get their stuff?!? After 15 years?!?

[@SilentStormParadox]

@@markdaniel8524 ESPECIALLY after 15 years. The more time you've been at a place, the more resentment you may feel, the higher the chances of sabotage.

[@markdaniel8524]

@@SilentStormParadox That's why you have someone there to watch and make sure nothing happens. But to say you can't take the time to DO THE RIGHT THING for someone who has worked for you for 15 YEARS is INSANE. You don't treat people that way. Period.

[@azteca6695]

There's NO job security. OR loyalty.....

[@briankolley3550]

When your slogan is "Don't be evil." It's a virtual certainty you will be evil.

[@darksteel78]

They removed that years ago. And now we see the result...

[@briankolley3550]

@@darksteel78 From the beginning, their free services were intended to spy on user's daily activities and information without their knowledge in order to monetize it. They didn't just become evil after removal of their slogan, they removed it once it became common knowledge that they were evil from the very beginning. That slogan is still a clause in their employee contracts, yet it was google employees that did this to other google employees. Larry Page and Sergey Brin were rotten to their cores and they created a corporate culture in their own image.

[@thenumber1christian]

I was laid off by Rocket Mortgage 2 weeks before Christmas. But at least they had the decency to have a 30 minute 1 on 1 web conference with me thanking me for the 11 years I had given them.

[@grantguy8933]

not sure google or amazon can do that with 10k plus people, they need to hire hundreds HRs full time just to do the 30min one on one farewell mission...

[@thenumber1christian]

@@grantguy8933 good point. My team of 20 got laid off including our leader.

[@patray162]

@@grantguy8933 I think the bigger point here is they couldn't support the staff they hired from an HR perspective in the first place. Because any corporation that can't give 30 minutes for an exit talk with HR is ridiculously below industry standard. Not judging the people on either side, it's just fact that Google/Amazon never planned to meet the standard because they knew they didn't have to. But frankly, most people working for them signed up knowing that they're risking getting screwed over in one way or another; these particular firms are not known for loyalty or integrity. (Edit: I'm actually giving them too much of a pass because they're so well-resourced that all they needed to do it properly was to take more time/$. Which points to why they didn't.)

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

So they wasted 30 minutes of your time? Gee, how kind of them?

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

@@amireallythatgrumpy6508 YesKissYourButtThenSayAdiosOldWorker...

[@wiseowl2020]

Boo hoo. Generations of steel workers, construction (hello Keystone Pipeline), retail workers, etc. have know this feeling. They didn't whine about it. They got busy and found another job. Welcome to the real world.

[@steveguillory7568]

Ken, isn’t this the same girl who posted a day in the life showing she did almost no work at all. How sorry are we supposed to feel for someone who wasn’t doing much work anyway? Companies have always trimmed the fat; this is nothing new. As either a stockholder or customer, I don’t feel bad about companies letting non hard workers go

[@brose2323]

23 years ago when NAFTA was catching up with the Midwest, industrial places made sure that the workers were the last people to find out about job cuts. Nothing reading about job cuts in a newspaper for months and your boss swearing up and down that's not happening until it does.

[@jaylee8542]

I'm in construction. Layoffs in my industry come regularly and without warning. I have been laid off several times. I never saw myself as a victim and always saw it as an opportunity to start something new. I always made sure I lived below my means and saved my money for a rainy day. Companies cannot keep you on in the event they enter in to an economic downturn. They either have work for you or they don't. And I never cared if they treated me with dignity because I was already thinking about my next move before I got out of the building. People need to learn to diversify their skill-sets and stop relying on these cushy jobs that are mostly trendy.

[@mikerzisu9508]

Still doesn't excuses the manner in which the layoffs were executed

[@bdp295]

You mean you didn’t cry for days on end, head over to Disney to eat your feelings, and make a TikTok for everyone to see how sad you were?

[@jaylee8542]

@@bdp295 Hell no lol. Tik Tok is for the weak.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

Maybe if you’re in a downturn you don’t add 68,000 people rapidly to your workforce and then slash a bunch out of nowhere while you just produced $60B in profit. There was no genuine reason for slashes other than $60B in profit not being good enough to pump the stock price. That’s where it differs a lot. In construction let’s say those layoffs are normal practice so it doesn’t come out of nowhere and surprise you. It’s also something that companies have to do to actually survive. It’s quite different when you slashed a ton of people because the immense profits just aren’t enough to keep inflating your stock price because stock valuation is often not any true indicator of strong operations becsuse even an immense profit isn’t enough of the analysts want you squeezing out even more.

[@jaqueitch]

When you have transferrable skills and/or are good at what you do, and have a proper emergency fund, you don't fear being laid off. You find a job quickly and actually move your way upward with a move.

[@jaqueitch]

Her boss was sobbing. This tells you all you need to know. You have immature people in places of leadership weeping to their direct reports. Not management material.

[@tonyott1377]

BOOOHOOO!!!! You lost your job that you thought you were so important that you were untouchable????? Now go see what the real world is like out there!!!!

[@Bradimoose]

Tech workers went from moving to your city and jacking up housing prices to crying on linkedin. Every time I see more tech layoffs I cheer.

[@Libertycustom73]

Brilliant!

[@SilentStormParadox]

These people made enough money to do the FIRE method and retire in their 20s but instead they blew all their money on all the latest tiktok trends. I have no sympathy for these people. I'm a human being too. Where's my money??

[@patray162]

@@SilentStormParadox It is hard very to break out of paycheck-to-paycheck living and start building wealth but I suggest "The Ramsey Show" free content. Good luck

[@kp-ms9tz]

These young kids are going to learn very hard way unfortunately that big corporations only act like they care about their social causes. They really don't care. It's only an act to win points.

[@darksteel78]

For tech workers, job hopping is extremely common. There is no loyalty. Why stay at company X when company Y is offering $20K more + stock grants with a higher growth potential?

[@dtiff]

Just shows that it’s important than ever to build your own business and stop being at the mercy of others. Live below your means and build/buy assets that pay you every month until you can quit your day job. I’m so close to being able to leave my job, I can’t wait!

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

It's time tech companies came down from the stratosphere and face reality.

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

They create reality nowadays...

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

TheyG0TwokeTimeForBrokeSomeSayy.

[@parisedelen5335]

UPS is laying off as well!

[@engineered-mind]

Zero loyalty

[@lot2196]

Welcome to life sweetie.

[@AO-nr7kl]

A lot of companies do not want people to have access to their system once laid off. I'm not sure what the solution is- layoff with dignity and prevent sabotage.

[@kathleenthompson9566]

You meet with them. Escort them back to their workspace if you're in person, or remote in to their computer. Give them 30 minutes to say goodbye if they want and pack. And then shut off access. It's not hard. We did it that way.

[@vickieclark5931]

All of those other people that are still working for google may want to think about other plans on their career. After google just did that, anyone with any sense that are still left will be on pins and needles wondering when they will be locked out and laid off. Shows it can happen to any of them.

[@danielhausbeck9976]

Corporations have been doing this for decades. Why is this news worthy again?

[@mah7961]

Because google employees are snowflakes.

[@danielhausbeck9976]

@@mah7961 Yes they are.

[@fauxbro1983]

"It wasn't performance based." Oh...it was performance based. Managers have a list and knows who can program and bounce between various internal programs/divisions

[@darksteel78]

It literally wasn't performance based. Middle-level managers were not even consulted.

[@tonynolan5406]

welcome to the real world

[@AT-cy9uh]

Should’ve been working instead of making tictok videos.

[@genglandoh]

I work for a project engineering company and during the early part COVID we could not send engineers to customer sites. So we could not complete projects and get paid. Our management explained the problem and asked everyone to take their vacations. This way the company could ride through the cash flow problem and not have to let anyone go. We were not forced to do it and we were paid because the money was already there for the vacation time. Everyone did it because we are a team and management was upfront with the problem.

[@rohans3447]

Yes true, I have made my decision that from now onwards I am not going to apply for Google. This company literally run because of us and don't have respect for us then why to work for such organisation. Its an insult for developers like us.

[@Fr1ti4e88]

Well, who is more wrong? Google or these goofy kids with these jobs and we’re all they do is drink coffee and do yoga all day.

[@grahamabarnes]

My lecturer at university (I did a business degree) said large corporations know you as a number, so that’s all everyone is, people will ask themselves why should I work for you if you will treat me this way.

[@frpgplayer]

Businesses say students are just numbers to colleges that simply bring in more money than some degrees are worth. Thank the govt for covering any degree.

[@animosity8774]

I recall a large group of welders and pipe fitters laid off overnight. They were told to "learn to code, or go build solar panels". How about hey Google ex employee learn to weld, or fix cars. Peace

[@darksteel78]

They don't need to do that since companies are still hiring coders like crazy.

[@SharonPorts]

Welcome to the millennial generation. When I was about 20, I noticed this that early in life. I knew they looked us as replaceable. I am so happy I never went to college where I would be working for companies that would just lay me off just to work for another company that would lay me off etc. I think Google is turning over to China. I could be wrong about this, but I think the idea is to hire a bunch of kids from China who just finished college. China has owned a lot of California real estate including the bay area. I think this is what they’re planning on doing.

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

CHYYYYNAwillBeww3S0meSayy.

[@GrandDuchessAniya]

It's not just big corporations or a recent issue. I was given five months notice by a snail mail letter 20 years ago. My supervisor had not been notified until I told her, and it was somewhat random. (The superintendent wanted the employee demographic to be consistent with the student demographic. Attorneys wanted a retainer if you were White and wanted tonsue.) Whir. I was months away from being vested in the retirement system and just had developed a database, which still may be in use, that saved the district $250,000. On my last day, my supervisor tried to stop me from going to a job interview because of her rule prohibiting leave on the last day of the month. I got in her face and reminded her that the next day I would be without a job, since I had nothing to lose. She let me leave early for the interview, and I got the job.

[@inquirer1016]

Who said private companies like Google need to follow the Geneva Convention on firing employees? There's no such thing as corporate loyalty to the workers. You think this is the 1950's? And you failed to show that young lady's first TikTok video where she showed she worked only a short time and spent most of her time enjoying the company's amenities. She deserves to be fired. Tell the whole story if you're going to tell it.

[@jeffwombold9167]

I would have to guess they did it this way to avoid the confusion and troubles that come when you lay a number of people off at the same time. Some stick around, some don't, some cause unnecessary problems, (in this case it could constitute a real problem for the company), but I feel for the people only slightly, only because even being in my line of work for nearly 50 years, I've been let go, laid off, cancelled because a customer decides he's not going to have the job done, you name it. Not to be mean, but welcome to the real world. I.E... had a $2 mil contract in line for nearly 2years, bought approx. 70 k worth of equipment in the ready, government cancelled that set of contracts. Great days...

[@frpgplayer]

Ask people how long they plan on staying with the company. It's just a stepping stone. The employer is just the space between the next job. The only job employees won't apply for is owner. Too much is required to be an employer and who wants employees like themselves.

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

GurgleDOnoHARMnewGURGLEdoSomeHarm...

[@mmp495]

Facts: Units of production

[@janelleg597]

I'm am so tired seeing this clip

[@joelalm3645]

Loose your job layed off. Get another job. Don't look back. It's their loss, not yours. It may seem like the world has ended. It hasn't. It only hurts you if you let it. Always have a part-time job side hustle. Put that money away don't spend this. It will help you when you have a rainy day. Theses corporations I would never waste my time working for. There not worth it. Joel Curtis Alm

[@harrisonrutledge5]

Bingo! Big tech is giving the middle finger to their own workforce.

[@gibblespascack1418]

Funny, in my last premiant job, we knew that a layoff was happening when they removed the chairs from the conference room and replaced them with a lot of folding chairs. The receiving people usually knew first because there would be a receipt of #3 boxes that arrive. You know those small folding boxes with handles. That is what you get when you need to clean out your personal belongings from your desk. This was before the time of email delivery of your notice just as your computer is disconnected from the network.

[@markdenenberg9110]

Not performance based,that's funny.

[@mah7961]

Don’t know why you googlers are acting all surprised. The headquarters and business is located in a fire at will state. They don’t have to give you reason. If you don’t like the policy/law. Then talk to your representatives in the state legislature or congress to change it.

[@mmp495]

I hope they have an emergency fund. 😥

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

They got half a year of severance...

[@danielhausbeck9976]

This Barbarick behavior has been common knowledge for decades. But the younger crowed will put themselves into a state of willful ignorance. People do not like to acknowledge the Ugly Truth. You shouldn’t even be going to college.

[@wholesome122]

Just screams of lazy and bad leadership. It’ll affect the company culture for decades to come.

[@grantguy8933]

their average pay is 300k, they will be fine.

[@Joe-jc5ol]

I think you missed the point. He is talking about human dignity. Intelligent hard working people will always find that salary but that is not the point.

[@grantguy8933]

@@Joe-jc5ol tbh not sure how Dave’s company can fire people with better or more dignity or any company? You get paid and fired. Move on.

[@Libertycustom73]

@Joe cry me a river. Life doesnt care, you get your butt up and move on.

[@Joe-jc5ol]

@@grantguy8933 There is a difference between your manager sitting you down and telling you "we thank you for your service over the past x years, but we have to let you go for financial reasons, we will write you the best recommendation letter we can muster and be more than happy to be your reference" vs a computer screen telling you to go away. Come on, you guys can't seriously believe both behaviors are the same thing. Some of you are jealous of people making more money than you and you are deriving some twisted pleasure from this. BTW I never worked at google, but I have been laid off jobs before, and I have experienced the different ways it can happen.

[@grantguy8933]

@@Joe-jc5ol it’s all superficial. Just get paid and leave. I got fired before. Looking back it made no real difference. This is capitalism.

[@doclock8218]

Bad form on Google for hiring this girl and creating a culture of sloth. All this girl does is relax, eat for free, and has occasional meetings. I don't feel bad for her at all nor am I surprised.

[@Lisa-my5sy]

This isn’t going to hurt them at all. Everyone will still use google, they will hire a bunch of new grads when they need employees, and all of those laid off will find another job just like the rest of us who have been laid off. Companies suck, don’t be loyal to them, be a free agent

[@MrUGA2010]

Grow up people!!

[@josiesedillo]

Prayers

[@TheHysek]

I'm really shocked as to why they don't at least compensate them if they're letting them go 😨

[@grantguy8933]

are u kidding? most of the big tech people are paid with 4-6 months extra pay to go, some of them are even one year pay.

[@TheHysek]

​@@grantguy8933 Well that's reassuring. I find inhumane if that wasn't the case

[@debragiovine9797]

This is the new norm,,,in today business world ,,,,welcome ,,, and good by,,,,

[@miguelamerico5120]

Another famous podcaster has a name for “awful bit”…. *crew tube”! I know Dave monetizes it here, but please diversify into other platforms. I know your on Humbel, but as Dr. Walter Williams once said the folks at IBM don’t give @ $ about me.

[@b.cdrisk2035]

I was fired for having the flu.

[@marylepine7091]

Horrible!!

[@lukeharris2622]

✝️🙏

[@salochoa3840]

I think it was a tik toc just to get views, no way Google that cold

[@Libertycustom73]

Why not? Clearly you're that oblivious.

[@salochoa3840]

@@Libertycustom73 first off you can’t believe anything on TikTok lol second there are rules and regulations in the work force I’m guessing people getting laid off had to know that was coming nothing lasts for ever!!!

[@jimroscovius]

@@salochoa3840 And they get 60 days of pay due to the WARN Act.

[@salochoa3840]

@@jimroscovius that’s why she went out that night lol 😂

[@jimroscovius]

I was once laid off from my IT position at a community college. I wasn't allowed to empty my desk, and I was walked out by HR. Then, I turned around and walked right back in because I was also an adjunct instructor. How stupid is that? Ended up being an instructor for them for another nine years.

[@craigcarter400]

I guess we should all switch to searching with Bing.

[@taras4352]

I switched to Duck Duck Go since 2020 when the Google search results were blatantly censored and manipulated. Google has never been a company with integrity.

[@Kokopellli]

‘Don’t be evil’, heck yeah!

[@SilentStormParadox]

"Don't be evil" and "allow others to be evil to you" are two different things. When people are hurt they do destructive things out of spite. Not all do but enough do to make it a data point that you must account for as an employer. It would be stupid of then to do otherwise and as an investor why would I invest in a company that was so reckless?

[@Kokopellli]

@@SilentStormParadox I mean ‘don’t be evil’ used to be Google’s motto

[@SilentStormParadox]

@Black Overlord I know. I mean, you could turn don't be evil into "don't take advantage of others". That doesn't mean you would allow yourself to be taken advantage of. If you bring employees into the workplace and then tell them they're canned you just exponentially ramped up your chances that shit it gonna go down and it would cost millions to track down exactly what happened and fix it. Not good policy.

[@SIP612]

That's a shame ❤️‍🩹