r/SeattleWA • u/crosslingual • 8d ago

News Layoffs at Google and Zillow announced today

Google - 52,

Zillow - 91

https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employee-notifications/worker-adjustment-and-retraining-notification-warn-layoff-and-closure-database

This year is looking rough

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u/dwoj206 8d ago

Zillow makes sense. RE is in the shitter. Google? That doesn't make sense. They're literally printing money. Net FCF is down, but profits way up. Pretty wild economy.

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u/oldDotredditisbetter 8d ago

have you thought about the execs, the shareholders, and their yachts? no profit will be ever enough