Add one more to the pile. Seriously, though, why all the Google hate all of a sudden? It didn't seem like it was that much more mismanaged than any other big tech company.
It isn't like Google's advertising model was a secret or difficult to envision where it was going.
If that wasn't a problem when you sold out, why is it a problem now? Or if you were already worried about this, why'd you sell to Google?
If they ran around worried about "let's sacrifice profit to keep random people we accidentally overhired happy from a moral perspective", they would little by little seize to exist (and piss off their entire "profit-focused" board of directors, shareholders, etc.)
They most likely over-hired, like almost everybody else during COVID.
Why do they deserve criticism for laying people off instead of "praise" for offering 150,000+ people "good" high paying jobs?
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/numb....
I don't think it's a realistic view to say "they should sacrifice their profit to keep people on board".
So what is a realistic expectation? 10 years? 5 years? 18 months?
It'd be pretty unfortunate for a company to hire you and then lay you off within 3-6 months but... to hold it against the company as if they should've treated you better instead of looking out for themselves is a pretty weird way to walk through life?
If it was a surprise to everyone, that's just the breaks.
I recognize "it's all business" but if either of said businesses are boasting "we have the best culture and our employees are like family" then dawg, it's not just about business anymore.
No, it's not. It's a business deal that benefits both parties. Nothing more.