Is Google Really Laying Off 10,000??

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I was going to flag this, as it seemed a bit sensational, however I now understand what they are talking about. Google (and Microsoft) are huge fans of temp workers; I could totally see them shedding large numbers of these to please Wall Street.

The same thing is happening in Dubai, with far more dire consequences for those laid off. I'm sure someone will be writing an article on that very soon.

Google Online Sales/Operations (OSO) is notorious for hiring smart, super ambitious 20-somethings from top schools and giving them temp jobs in customer service with the carrot of the possibility of a full time position maybe. Not sure how much of that 10,000 is OSO, but I have to believe it's quite a bit.

Google is an engineer-first culture, so it would surprise and amaze me if there were that many software engineer contractors.

We found this article and we trying to see if it were true, it just seems like a lot of people

We? You've submitted a lot of articles and this is your only comment.. Who/What are you?

Looks like this: http://www.bincsearch.com/

"The core of our business is to identify and assess exceptional professionals, and recruit them into outstanding organizations, anywhere in the US. Our goal is to find the ideal individual who fits an organization’s specific requirements and then present them with a highly desirable job opportunity."

All of bincsearch's submissions are from their site.

Hmmm, that seems sort of spamesque.

Yes that is the core of our business, the purpose of our blog is to keep people up to date on the happenings in the software marketplace and help with the job search. Not really spammish

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