Google to reduce workforce by 12k
I need to see these "I take full responsibility" people actually punished. At the very least, this sentence needs to be removed from their mouths.<p>Alphabet had 116 billion USD "cash on hand" at the end of September 2022. Even if the full cost of each of those 12K employees is 500K per year, that's "only" 6 billion dollars to keep those "great" people that they "love" working with around.<p>Net income for that quarter was almost 14 billion dollars, and net income for "that year" was almost 67 billion dollars.<p>Things are in decline, sure, but clearly this is a company that can actually afford to keep "great" people that they "love" working with employed, so "affecting Googlers lives" doesn't have to "weight heavily" on anyone.<p>Sorry, but these antics require revolution. Not a friendly chat with the brand imagery wizards. Not a "well just use DuckDuckGo".<p>It's rare to encounter a whole "class" of people more desperately deserving barbarians at the gates of their tower.