Is Google Quietly Laying off staff?
Search Engine Watch reports that Google is quietly laying off engineers in the face of US recession. The report is base on Twitter conversation by people who directly know Google employees who got laid off.
Mary Hodder – or at least someone using her name at Twitter – founder of Dabble, a video search and metadata company, as well as a well known voice in the web space, mentioned that a couple of her engineering friends at Google had been let go, as well as others.
Check the article yourself to see Twitter discussions.
Google is a Corporation
Despite a good brand and a well managed public perception, we have to realize that Google is a corporation, just like Microsoft, Shell and Nike. It is not saint and does things with one core motivation – profit. This motivation which drives all world corporations have create both good and bad. At the moment, when profits are in their lowest, we can only expect the worst from all corporations.
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