Google has initiated significant layoffs across its various teams, including the Voice Assistant, hardware, engineering and ad sales teams, marking a continuation of the tech industry’s trend towards reducing workforce expenses. The layoffs have affected hundreds of employees within the Voice Assistant unit; hardware teams responsible for Pixel, Nest and Fitbit products; and a considerable portion of the augmented reality (AR) team. This move is part of Google’s broader effort to streamline operations and align resources with its most significant product priorities.
According to The Verge, the total number is in the thousands. This comes at a time when Google parent, Alphabet Inc., reported record profits in late January. The company reported $20.4 billion in net income in Q4. . . .
Since they recently released a woke racist propaganda product and fraudulently called it an AI app, I wonder if perhaps they started laying off people based on the racial preferences of their hierarchy.
Normally I don’t ask such questions, but given the revelations about their so-called AI product I wonder “Did they lay off more white people? More Indians? More Chinese?”
A very profitable company is laying off 12,000 workers and some are wondering not if the year over year profit model is unsustainable but if wokies got hurt.
