Subj : Re: 353,000 new jobs
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Feb 10 2024 16:29:32

  Re: Re: 353,000 new jobs
  By: Kurt Weiske to Mike Powell on Fri Feb 09 2024 06:47:00

 >  MP> You might also ask him if those numbers include all of the announced
 >  MP> tech layoffs that have come out in the past week or so.  Amazon and
 >  MP> Google are both letting a lot of folks go.
 > 
 >  It's not like they had very conservative hiring plans to begin with.
 >  Google going  from 135,000 employees in 2020 to 182,000 in 2023 is
 >  agressive, laying off 1000 after that is a rounding error.
 > 
 >  Admittedly, that doesn't resonate well with the 1000 that were laid
 >  off.
 
Getting involved when they are hiring like crazy doesn't necessarily bode well
for your chances to stay.  That said, I am sure it doesn't resonate too well
with those folks or with some who've been laid off in the past.
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