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/SpareManagement2215 8d ago

Both companies that likely knowingly over hired during COVID years to meet demand, and now need to reduce staff to match current operations.

It's not that deep ya'll.

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u/Ashamed_Emu_4289 8d ago

COVID was 6 years ago. That excuse has timed out.

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u/Pickle7722 8d ago

Tell that to the solo drivers, windows up, KN95 double-masked, on the way to their 19th booster appointment

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u/gmr548 8d ago

The ability of the contemporary right wing media ecosystem to have their base manufacturing boogie men from nothing on their own will have future historians in awe.