lledrtx@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 11 months agoA billionaire wrote this letter to Google a year ago. How likely is that Google's layoffs and actions since then are at least partly because of this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up1862arrow-down118
arrow-up1844arrow-down1imageA billionaire wrote this letter to Google a year ago. How likely is that Google's layoffs and actions since then are at least partly because of this?lemmy.worldlledrtx@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square206fedilink
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoI have heard that sometimes they hire talents just so the competitors don’t get them, so talented people end up doing bullshit jobs and the salary discourages them from moving to more interesting but risky endeavors. Edit: source https://www.businessinsider.com/google-meta-staff-do-fake-work-says-vc-keith-rabois-2023-3?r=US&IR=T
I have heard that sometimes they hire talents just so the competitors don’t get them, so talented people end up doing bullshit jobs and the salary discourages them from moving to more interesting but risky endeavors.
Edit: source https://www.businessinsider.com/google-meta-staff-do-fake-work-says-vc-keith-rabois-2023-3?r=US&IR=T