• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel hardware and Android software were merged into one division, and Google today announced a “voluntary exit program” for employees working in the Platforms & Devices group.

    At least there’s some plausible reasoning for this, instead of blanket headcount reduction to pad profits. Reasoning doesn’t change much of course.

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        The whole market’s about to roll into recession. All the companies are trying to get ahead of their firing before the market goes tits up.