Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/13/2023/google-lays-off-hundreds-on-recruiting-team
Google lays off hundreds on recruiting team::The tech giant is making the move as hiring slows, but says it will retain a significant majority of recruiting staff.
Shouldn’t they have fired the recruiting team BEFORE laying off people earlier this year?
Like, isn’t the first step to slow down hiring, and then start firing??
Larger companies are extremely siloed. I would imagine that Google is even worse since it has some very distinct business separations. (ie: Alphabet is “not” Google)
When mass layoffs happen, there are still going to be other lines of business that are hiring. People can get fired from one, talk to a recruiter and walk to another business.
My experience is isolated to large US banks though. Layoffs were more like a huge game of musical chairs rather than thousands of people actually leaving the company.
Once the sub-business layoffs are done and people have found a new seat, recruiting and HR are next in the crosshairs.
This is not always the case! However, it is common for mega-corps, in my personal experience.
No. You can use the firing to purge the lowest performers (or others you don’t like) while you’re hiring at the same time, with stricter requirements. You might even be able to get new people at a discount since you just flooded the market with people looking for jobs.
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aquarisces@lemmy.world 1 year ago