For 'Cheap' Labour, Google Fires Its Entire Python Team: Report (www.freepressjournal.in)

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Many are speculating and thereby attributing this decision to the company's search for 'cheaper' option elsewhere, outside the United States, where the company would not have to pay as much.

Poor Google. They would love to do the right thing but they just don't quite have enough money to pay their loyal employees what they're worth, so they have to fuck them over instead.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 33 points 6 months ago

Guaranteed this was some MBA who realized they could save money by going offshore. Every MBA goes through this phase. I'll save the company millions! Quality drops to zero, bugs go out MBA is promoted out, and the actual pms are left to figure out how the hell to fix this

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If that's the case it's a particularly stupid MBA. Between the companies part of social security and healthcare, mandatory vacation days, virtually unlimited sick days, maternity leave, paternity leave, the ridiculous amount of public holidays in Bavaria, and stronger enforcement of overtime pay, the effective cost per working hour in Munich is not going to be much cheaper.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 25 points 6 months ago

Google has laid off their Python Foundation team and asked them to train their replacements who will be in the Munich office.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago

In this situation why would anyone actually train their replacement?

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 27 points 6 months ago

Severance.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 6 months ago

Yup it probably depends on that. Wouldn't be surprised if they had their stock tied up with it too.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah. Most likely. And in all honesty I’m not sure there’s a better way to try and keep things cordial. Not sure I’d want them to be cordial but..

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 6 months ago

Oh I would definitely half ass the transition. "Here are the repos, here's what you need to know, severance now please."

Feel bad for the remote workers, not their fault they're being dropped into this, but they're going to suffer for it

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Because a lot of people depend on references from their previous job, including their managers and such, for the next one. Burning that bridge because you wouldn’t spend your last few weeks at the company doing what was asked of you is not a good look. It makes you appear difficult/like you hold grudges. It also might cost you things like your severance.

If it’s that important to you to flip a middle finger to your previous employer then go ahead, but I think most people will decide the cons vastly outweigh the pros. Especially since that person will get trained anyway so you can’t even meaningfully change things.

[-] eveninghere@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

Depends on how much Google pays for this, but, yeah, I don't think the ex-employees net-benefit.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago

Bold move.

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