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No offense but everyone working on google maps should be fired laidoffgpt @ New Google maps feels like some PhD nerd endeavor. It’s stunning how much more usable Apple Maps is and has become. I can use Apple Maps and it tells me in simple instructions how to drive. Google Maps is still stuck on “drive 300 feet” like I know what 300 feet is. Also what’s up with showing slower routes? Why give me more decisions all the time? @blind_feed

What's with the huge # of young girls at sephora vHyS36 @ Capital One They must be in middle school at the latest. There's no way makeup is healthy for them Consumerism pushed via social media? @blind_feed

Truth is most are not making to it 123fghjuyt @ Microsoft Edit : proof is the comments. Almost 90% are matching wider gate profile Believe or not, most of us are not making to heaven. We live life by our own rule, already decided what is good, what is still good. Truth is hiring in heaven is more strict than google. Mathew 7:13-14 says “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.“ In funeral we all lie. We say rest in peace but truth is 90% of the time that person just died is already being tortured in hell. We pretend like nothing happened but reality is different. Many in tech community makes ton of money. Money changes mind of man. An obedient wife suddenly unleash on her husband because she got money. A providing man suddenly finds joy in the bosom of other women because he got money. Both find joy in porn because no more poor elders can rebuke them. Men has choosen sin thinking no one is watching over. But we forgot that heaven is watching over us. Every act in secret is not unnoticed from heaven. Yet we fool ourselves. Note that one day, very soon, one day your body will retire, leaving behind your move. Every good or bad act is recorded in that movie. It will be replayed, on judgment day. Many will fall short of righteousness on that day. Remember wages of sin is death. Eternal death to hell. We are responsible for our choice. We choose pleasure over righteousness, hate over love, lust over faithfulness, lie over truth, fornication over virginity, trolling over sympathy and so on. <a href="https://youtu.be/8yStt7O7cvc?si=nhHA60TXKUncXlTK" target="_blank" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Link', 'Article', 'https://youtu.be/8yStt7O7cvc?si=nhHA60TXKUncXlTK');gtag('event', 'Link', { event_category: 'Link', event_action: 'Article', event_label: 'https://youtu.be/8yStt7O7cvc?si=nhHA60TXKUncXlTK' })" rel="ugc">https://youtu.be/8yStt7O7cvc?si=nhHA60TXKUncXlTK</a> #layoff you @blind_feed

Why is H1B not being banned? kejty @ ex-Meta It doesn't make any sense to keep this visa, we don't have a tech talent shortage anymore, the job market is worse than ever, unemployent for swe is all time high, and layoffs don't seem to be stoping anytime soon for the next few years, it's only going to keep going downhill. @blind_feed

Why do all Asian parents make their kids do the same extracurriculars? Nbergwsky @ Google 1. Violin 2. Piano 3. Chinese school 4. Kumon 5. Tennis 6. Swimming Why always the same 6 extracurriculars? @blind_feed

What company is close to what Google was a couple years ago? tompear @ Apple Before the layoffs and GRAD changes, Google was a coveted place to work. It had: - great WLB - non toxic culture - high pay - good refreshers - lots of product areas - high prestige - great benefits Are there any companies that currently hit this? The following companies don’t seem to meet this standard Apple: bad WLB, bad benefits Meta: bad WLB, toxic culture Amazon: bad WLB, mediocre benefits, toxic culture Microsoft: terrible refreshers, mediocre pay Netflix: not a lot of product areas, not great WLB(?) TC 230 Yoe 3 @blind_feed

Who the f*** uses Chatgpt? wbpl33 @ Google I haven't seen anyone who uses it on a day to day basis, it has no practical applications yet and yet everyone is speaking about it as if it's changing humanity. What am I missing? @blind_feed

Is 900k HHTC enough to live a rich life?? 🏄🏼coaster @ Airbnb By rich life I mean the following: No kids, both of us are 31 and no plans for kids for 3-4 years - buy a 2m home - nice car say 100k+ - 2-3 vacations every year - eat out couple of times a week - buy things we like without worrying about price (we only buy reasonable stuff that we need, not luxury items) 930k HHTC 2.5m NW @blind_feed

Google L6 Offer bvl765 @ Bloomberg Please evaluate my Google L6 EM offer for New York office. Base: $250 Bonus: $50k (20%) RSU: 1.05M (38/32/20/10) Sign on: $50k First year TC (excluding sign on): $700k 4 year avg TC (excluding sign on and refreshers): $563k YOE: 14 @blind_feed

Why do companies need to lay off people ( serious question) ? SWPeasant @ Meta All these layoffs make me think: why do we need to do it ? The obvious answer seems to be "it's to cut cost and improve return on investment for shareholders". Ok, fair enough. But why is it so necessary to 'improve return' to shareholders that it must impact the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people who are human beings just like the CEO and the people who decide on the layoff roster? Sure, there might be cases where it's totally needed: a company is at brink of bankruptcy and literally cannot make payroll without fewer workers, or has some extreme inefficiencies that clearly a result of having too many workers. Outside these extreme cases, it's just a matter of allowing the company to make 1 billion more dollars out of 10 billion that they already make, and making the top investors like those hedge fund managers several hundred million dollars richer. Is that worth impacting the livelihoods of all those laid off workers? It's not a rhetorical question. If I ask the hedge fund manager who demands layoffs of a company, "are you saying making you (and your clients) 100 million more dollars this year is more important than making 1000 people lose their health benefits, their income, etc?".If I am already making 200 million a year as a hedge fund manager investing in company A, and company A says "hey, I can lay off 2000 people and improve your ROI in our company by 15%, and you will make 100 million more dollars for you and your clients", I'd be like " no no no no no, please don't. I already make more than enough money and so do my clients, I don't need to increases my ROI by another 15%. My life is already content and happy. I already have 2 houses in the hamptons and 2 private jets. So what if your company is inefficient, let those workers, who make 0.01% of what I do, keep their jobs, even if they are slacking off. Profit maximization is not worth the human cost" But clearly those 'investors' think otherwise. Has any investor or 'shareholder' ever said to a CEO, 'oh god, please don't do a layoff, I don't need that extra cost saving or return on investment, I care more about the livelihood of those workers". How come no one ever says so? What am I missing here? Why must be we always achieve maximum efficiency and maximum profit regardless of cost? Is that the best way to organize our society? Someone explain to me like I'm five. @blind_feed

Google offer eval l0wballed @ Amazon YOE: 23 Current TC: $488k I interviewed for L7 position but was down leveled to L6. But even then it looks low for Sunnyvale. Some of my friends with less number of years (5-7 years) who work at Google make more than this. But looking at the news about layoffs, I am not sure if I should negotiate. @blind_feed

Anyone else excited to be laid off? fiejbcjdj @ Twitch Sorry in advance to anybody else who was also laid off. After holiday vacation ended I was extremely depressed about going back to work. I have been feeling sad for years but thought I needed the money so I've been grinding this whole time. But then suddenly I got laid off and will be paid out 6 figs. Holy crap!! Very privileged. I realize that I don't really need that much money to survive. I just need to keep my expenses in control and make some money on the side. I can travel the world and be free doing a little bit of freelance work and stil maintain my NW! The realizations of freedom are overwhelming.. in one day my life changed and suddenly I felt free from the rat race Does anyone feel the same way? Also in the same week I received offers from investors to fund me to build a new startup 🤯 so I can work on that remotely if I choose that route @blind_feed

Americans vs immigrants WmYX20 @ New I was born in the USA, but my family came from Europe. They spoke no English, had no skills, but they almost all made it big in some way because of hard work. I have a low opinion of Americans who have been here for generations and accomplished nothing. Still working at gas stations, warehouses or stocking shelves at age 45. What a wasted opportunity, but they take for granted what they have and yet complain about not making enough or complaining that immigrants take their jobs. Stfu. People from other countries come here and GRIND and seriously succeed because they see the opportunity they have. @blind_feed

Girl getting laidoff records her experienve iwsu23 @ Meta I applaud her in tbe world of massive email layoffs this is not possible <a href="https://twitter.com/WhatLayoff/status/1745429342551777406" target="_blank" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Link', 'Article', 'https://twitter.com/WhatLayoff/status/1745429342551777406');gtag('event', 'Link', { event_category: 'Link', event_action: 'Article', event_label: 'https://twitter.com/WhatLayoff/status/1745429342551777406' })" rel="ugc">https://twitter.com/WhatLayoff/status/1745429342551777406</a> @blind_feed

Johns hopkins is 18% white TpSN45 @ Salesforce <a href="https://apply.jhu.edu/fast-facts/" target="_blank" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Link', 'Article', 'https://apply.jhu.edu/fast-facts/');gtag('event', 'Link', { event_category: 'Link', event_action: 'Article', event_label: 'https://apply.jhu.edu/fast-facts/' })" rel="ugc">https://apply.jhu.edu/fast-facts/</a> The country is 71% white. Can someone explain this to me? @blind_feed

Should I ask my mother in law to leave v2jp @ Google We had twins 3 months back. My wife’s mother is helping us with the kids. She does a good job helping but she often demeans and insults me and my family. I stay quiet but she then throws personal attacks on me and my family causing me to react. My wife tries to intervene and tell her not to do it but then she threatens that she will leave and not help us. We cannot afford a helper. My wife doesn’t really want her in the house either but then she is burning out and my mother in law is helping with the kids. At the end of the day my wife has left this decision on me. I’m at a breaking point at the moment. My paternity leave will run out soon and then I’ve to be in office 3 days a week. Wife doesn’t work. What should I do? TC 230k @blind_feed

Devil in the flesh jDwH610 @ Google Ladies and Gents, i present to you the this mofo, the devil in the flesh himself. @blind_feed

Kevin Bourrillion, creator of libraries like Guava, Guice, laid off after 19 years okVT18 @ Amazon <a href="https://twitter.com/kevinb9n" target="_blank" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Link', 'Article', 'https://twitter.com/kevinb9n');gtag('event', 'Link', { event_category: 'Link', event_action: 'Article', event_label: 'https://twitter.com/kevinb9n' })" rel="ugc">https://twitter.com/kevinb9n</a> For those who wonder why this post is significant, it's to reveal it doesn't matter how competent one is, in a layoff, anyone is in chopping block. Kevin Bourrillion's works include: Guava, Guice, AutoValue, Error Prone, google-java-format <a href="https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Guava/" target="_blank" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Link', 'Article', 'https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Guava/');gtag('event', 'Link', { event_category: 'Link', event_action: 'Article', event_label: 'https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Guava/' })" rel="ugc">https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Guava/</a> This guy has created the foundation of many Java libraries such as Guava and Guice. The rest of the world is using the libraries he developed and those libraries are essentially the de facto libraries in the industry. After 19 years at Google, he was part of the lay off. It shows that it doesn't matter how talented you are in this field, at end of day, you are just a number at an excel file. Very few in the world can claim to be as talented as him in this field (at least in terms of achievements in the software engineering sector). It also shows that it doesn't matter how impactful the projects one does is (his works is the foundation of much of this industry), what matters end of day is company revenue/profits. While the work he did transformed libraries in Java, it didn't bring revenue. I am also posting this so everyone here comes to understand anyone can be in layoffs. It doesn't matter if you work 996 (9AM to 9PM 6 days a week) or create projects that transform the industry. There doesn't need to be any warnings. Anyways, I'm dumbfounded how such a person was in lay off at Google. That kind of talent is extremely rare in this industry. Why let go instead of moving him into another project? But I guess at end of day, everyone is just a number. @blind_feed

Stop simping for Google! ex-meta @ Google Its not a cool company anymore. Why are people still trying to join this company? Leave us alone! Google is the new IBM and yahoo. Dont join. @blind_feed

19 yrs @google 😳 tc1$ @ Amazon 😶‍🌫️ @blind_feed