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Google layoffs: The company plans to set up a new team in Munich, Germany which would act as “cheaper” labour, the report claimed.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 months ago
    • Pichai ignores the fact that part of the reason the pay is so well at Big Tech is that they’re paying you to not have ethics. His failure to understand that is gonna seriously hurt Google.
    • Looking for cheaper labor… in Germany? Where worker protections are WAY stronger than in the US? Lol. (That’s not a shot at Germany. That’s commentary on American labor protections, or lack thereof).
    • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      7 months ago

      European salaries for software developers are half of what they are in the USA. It’s a problem on both sides of the Atlantic, honestly.

      Source: software developer in Europe who usually works for American companies.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Be that as it may, Europeans don’t have to live with the constant fact that they might just lay you off today due to “staffing optimization” and there’s absolutely fuck-all you can do about it.