Got a tip that Google will slash 1,000+ employees sometime within the next week. We can not confirm this yet but are monitoring this very closely.
Per TechCrunch (here), Google uses shady ad tactics to edge out competitors.
At a time like this, I can understand why they would do that - to survive (hello!)
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I work @ google.
Last week they let go of 500 recruiters.
Supposedly they will be letting go of +/- 1000 employees.
This should hit early next week @ the latest.
i’ll take the great folks that are losing their gigs. send me your resume. tell me you’ll work up here in the Pacific NW.
Jeff, what company are you with? Can you get me your contact info?
I would love to speak to anyone that has been laid off from Google with a sales or marketing background!
We’re in a hiring frenzy at Aptana and would LOVE to talk to Google folks. Please contact me at: kathy@aptana.com. You’ll love it here!
eHarmony is looking for technical resources in Pasadena!
I can confirm that Google is in major lay-off mode since August. The new CIO received commands from management to cut unncessary costs which he’s taken to mean cut everyone except maybe 50 people to run all of Google’s projects.
Note, you don’t want to hire most of those laid off. Most permanent Googlers were “managing” projects (e.g, taking 4 day weekends and showing up to work only to eat the free food and showed up barely to 1 or 2 meetings per week). The temps that were there for more than a year learned the same laziness and worthless work ethic.
If you’re looking for people with no real experience and who think it’s okay to steal a tray of bottle water provided by the company for everyone to drink… then go ahead and hire a Googler. Otherwise, be really careful and interview really in-depth about what they can and cannot do (and verify it).
The world is different today compared to the past (compared to even just a year ago). The constant march of technology makes it possible for a smaller work force to do virtually the same job as a larger workforce. As white collar employees are handed pink slips, an employer like Google, a bank or a brokerage may be prudent to generously retain their e-mail records. The records are a valuable asset to the employer, relating to intellectual property, project management, customer relationships and more. –Ben http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2008/10/retain-e-mail-of-former-employees.html
Hiring laid off GOOG employees is like making tits useful on a bull.
You think there’s any reason why the new nickname for google employees now are googtards?
Follow Google on Line Spout. http://www.linespout.com?q=google
Any Googlers want to work in SF? We’re hiring engineers (most of your work will be python) and product managers — check us out at http://www.lolapps.com.
Googlers can do puzzles (dynamic programming etc). Google used the same trick as Microsoft to basically discriminate and select young people from good schools who could afford to become expert puzzle solvers since they were not working to start with. But can they work or code? Not likely. Google was not interested in their work abilities. Google is the latest pump-and-dump scheme of Wall Street, like Enron. Now that GoldmanSachs and others have dumped all the stock, and the truth about Googles one-trick-pony income must be divulged, Google has no need for these ‘fake’ employees, who didn’t bring in a penny for Google anyway. So, the poor Googlers getting the boot will have to figure out life for themselves, but, hire them only if you are ready to wait a few years before these naive people learn how to make a living for real. And by the way, if you haven’t done so already, dump Google stock soon. It going to end up around 20 bucks.
I think their contractors are crazy and have not much qualification - And its the same “work ethics” - laziness to sum ip up all. Living on the campus isnt my idea of work. I’d like to keep private life exactly that and away from a business. Thats what in the long time would lead to successful life.
Yeah, Googlers are googtards anyway…
Hi any Googlers wanting to come back to Wisconsin. Must love the cold weather and snow. All kidding aside if you are interested please let me know. No remote work…
Thanks
Joel Abraham
414-773-0679
joela@wisechoiceit.com
They reported a profit for the last quarter and their 2nd quarter was worse. They realized that they put too much restrictions on ad quality and hired many people to avoid and kill the adwords accounts. They came to learn that money is more important than their quality they are the biggest anyway so why bother hiring many people to conduct ad quality stuff.
I am a Sr. Sales Recruiter at ADP- I would love to take a look at your resume and forward to an appropriate recruiter nationwide! You can email me your resume to: tamara_thompson@adp.com and let me know what type of position you are looking for.
We’re hiring! Googlers with related experience are encouraged to apply.
Our headquarters are located in Santa Cruz County, and we’re seeking experienced professionals in the following positions:
• Director of Business Development
• Product Manager
• Senior Developer
• Quantitative Research Analyst
If you know someone who would be interested in getting in on the ground floor of this innovative start-up, please feel free to share my contact information and the “Jobs” link to our website: http://www.predictwallstreet.com/Jobs
Thanks!
Warm regards,
Erica
egolden@predictwallstreet.com
Any ex-google employees or contractors interested in Chicago area IT work, please send resumes and your the type of roles that you are targeting to aeberts@laurustech.com
To those Google Recruiting folks, I have created a networking group called Google Staffing Alumni in Linkedin. Admission is granted to only current or former Google staffing professionals, whether full or part-time. The intent was for appropriate networking and job shares where plausible. go to http://www.linkedin.com and search the groups.
May provide helpful leads to job opportunities.
Best,
Jason VanDiver
jvandiver@hotmail.com
We are actively recruiting at phoenix technologies in Milpitas. Need SW engineers from Google with great C++, QT and GTK skills.
When did this become a recruiting blog?
No kidding! You recruiters are a bunch of VULTURES. Are there really jobs or are you trying to fill your ATS?
There are jobs out there! As a matter of fact even the companies that are laying off are still hiring. All they are doing is trimming the fat. They will layoff 15% and then hire back another 5% who are better and cheaper now due to the recession.
I watch this guy for year, yea he do a lot of crazy stuff, but I know he is a really good and nice person. My boyfriend got his all best fights and we probably going to pray today and watch his in ring - so sad love you Mike.