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Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference (techcrunch.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/google@lemmy.world
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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seriously Google. What the hell is wrong with you.

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    • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Fck google fck you sundar

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Seems like another good time to mention the Better Offline podcast, where it's two eps into a three parter about how shit these companies are. They have a website, just search for it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Better Offline podcast

    Cool Zone Media is outrage porn in podcast form. I think I'm better without anything they produce in my life.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's an interesting take. The Women's War show was especially interesting, I thought. What about that (or other shows) do you consider outrage porn?

    I'll keep your comment in mind and asses whether I think it applies when I listen to a few new eps. I can see it for Better Offline, but not universally across their content.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I may have stated it too strongly, but of the few podcast episodes I've listened to it seemed like the organization is leaning into it (because it works well from a business standpoint).

    I look for sources of entertainment that don't lean so hard on outrage as a hook and look to inform myself with media that highlights and encourages solutions and practical actions that can be initiated on an individual level.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That makes sense to me. I like Ed Zitron's show more than Robert Evans's show. He seems genuinely exasperated at how shitty the tech industry has become. I think BtB is decent filler material that I'm ok with skipping, whereas I presently want to listen to every ep of BOL because it's new and covering interesting topics.

    I feel the same way about The Last Podcast on the Left: decent filler in between the shows I care much more about, ok if I miss it for a while.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    From the article ...

    Though Google didn’t detail headcount, some of the layoffs at Google may have been confirmed in a WARN notice filed on April 24. WARN, or the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, requires employers with more than 100 employees to provide 60-day notice in advance of layoffs. In the filing, Google said it was laying off a total of 50 employees across three locations in Sunnyvale.

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