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Funny, as they were just a few weeks ago (even during the lockdown) certain recruiters were saying they were aggressively hiring -- and are still listed as hiring for example here: https://layoffs.fyi/tracker/

Seems like suddenly they got worried about how long they can maintain the burn rate.

Doesn't help that driving and commuting fell off the map.

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It's not at all uncommon for companies to simultaneously perform layoffs while actively hiring.

Sell the highs, buy the lows

Or you could see it as, they know who are the low performers. This is a good way to fire low performers in bulk without getting a lot of flak

I think high and low cost was what they meant

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There isn't necessarily any contradiction here. Lay off people whose work you no longer need / are not doing their jobs well, to hire people whose skills you need.

Priorities change. In 2019 people were buying into the Tesla bullshit and it wasn't a quesiton of "Will we get to driverless cars" it was "Will your driverless car be able ot make you a martini". Okay, more realistically completely autonomous driving vs autonomous busses on specific journeys etc.

It's thinking in terms of plentiful resources, versus thinkin in terms of the minimum required. You can get rid of all those guys working on the automated fur slippers, but you might want to hire a few more guys working on the automated bus doors.

Full self-driving is a long way off, but GM can use Cruise to develop new active safety systems for their current cars. I don't think GM is doing as well there as Toyota or Honda, let alone Tesla.

Cruise (the SF company) doesn't do any work related to GM's current cars, we are focused 100% on full self driving.

Note GM has another product called SuperCruise which is a totally different thing.

Funny thing about marketing. Tesla’s autopilot and GM’s supercruise is effectively the same thing in the scope of vehicle automation. GM is doing a poor job of showcasing it though to the general public, unless it’s by default to avoid being sued.

Huh, Cruise's work doesn't feed into Supercruise at all? That's mildly surprising

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