Thursday, January 15, 2009

Lonely Workplace

Google announced cutbacks to the workforce yesterday. About 100 people were told they were let go yesterday morning, and the news stories started flowing in soon afterward.

It makes me realize how safe we thought we were in the Google bubble. Economic times are tough, and it was a blow to us when we heard that our temps and contractors' contracts were being ended early, but cutting temps is a measure that you would expect from an organization that needs to save money and cut its resources. To have a group of employees leave the company sends out an even stronger message that Google is feeling the economic crunch.

I am very glad I still have my job, and my thoughts go out to those who were less fortunate - many of whom I knew and were friends to me, not just coworkers.

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