Business Big Tech Layoffs Megathread - Techbros... we got too cocky...

Since my previous thread kinda-sorta turned into a soft megathread, and the tech layoffs will continue until morale improves, I think it's better to group them all together.

For those who want a QRD:

Just this week we've had these going on:

https://www.theverge.com/24048636/ebay-layoffs-1000-employees-january-2024

https://arstechnica.com/google/2024/01/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-promises-another-year-of-google-layoffs/

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/24/tech/sap-restructuring-ai-jobs-intl-hnk/index.html

But it's not just Big Tech, the vidya industry is also cleaning house bigly:

https://www.brokentoys.org/ludum-mortuus-est/

All in all, rough seas ahead for the techbros.

 

[Ghostse]

"You have to come back to the office, wagie."
"Why?"
"Because we spent a lot of money on commercial real estate."
"Why?"
"So you could come back to the office, wagie."

Get back in the office, Wagie.
You have to pay rent to the jew-run management company that is buying up all real estate, Wagie.
You will own nothing, eat the bugs, and be happy, Wagie.
The cost of rent makes sure you have to live at least an hours drive from the office, Wagie.
So get in the car you have to have, Wagie.
Waste two hours every day in traffic, Wagie. You need to pay the car loan that you have to have to pay rent, wagie.
Actually nevermind, that's too close to owning something, Wagie.
So if you car is more than 2 years old, we need to make sure its getting emissions tested. Hope you didn't have any plans that saturday, Wagie. Better just sign that lease, Wagie.
Now fill that car with the gas we make sure costs $5 a gallon, Wagie. Pay for insurance because of the illegals and criminals we make sure that flood in and don't have insurance, but we know where you live and will find you if you aren't paying $200 every month to the actuarial jew, Wagie.
Now get into the office, Wagie.
I mean the building. Not an actual office for you, Wagie.
You think you deserve an actual office, Wagie? Fuck you, Wagie. Get into that shared cube, Wagie.
Haha, just kidding Wagie. That's too humanizing. Welcome to the open office, Wagie. Sit at this table literally staring at another drone staring at you, Wagie.
Don't ever look away from the screen, wagie. You don't want your neighbors to tell on you for not being productive. Every time you blink, that's company money wasted, Wagie. That money could be going to ensuring we have another mincing tranny in HR to send you memos about microaggressions and Pedophile Hertiage Month.
Walls and barriers stop collaboration, Wagie. They also stop me from being able to watch you.
I want to walk out of my actual office with the closing door and see a field of serfs toiling for me, Wagie. So get working.
And don't forget to make sure that camera is turned on at all time so I can see you working, Wagie.
Why aren't you at your desk, wagie? Haha just kidding Wagie, its open office so you don't have a desk, you have a 3 foot section of table.
But why aren't you there, wagie? Walks and views are for management, Wagie.

 

[Terrifik]

https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1810317785513287692

https://www.cdaction.pl/newsy/piranha-bytes-closed-the-end-of-the-studio-behind-gothic-risen-and-elex

CD-Action source (a Piranha Bytes employee, with whom we had been in contact since the first information about the studio's crisis situation) informed us, that the company responsible for the creation of Gothic ceased operations at the end of June.

The crisis had been going on for a long time, but from time to time investors appeared on the horizon interested in helping the studio continue its operations. According to the information provided to us, the project was expected to be financed in the amount of 3 million euros. After all, Piranha Bytes remained one of the most popular game developers in Germany. Unfortunately, in the end, Piranha was not bought out, and the financing from Embracer let them operate only until June 2024. In the meantime, many employees had left to the company, opting for more secure employment. A few days before the material was published, the company's office looked like this:

Our source told us, that - after the possible buyout - Piranha Bytes planned to set a new direction, in contrast to the last games created under the command of Bjorn Pankratz (who, together with his wife, left Piranha Bytes in November last year and today announced the founding of the Pithead studio), i.e. the Elex series, and to create a new dark fantasy game on Unreal Engine 5. The new game was supposed to resemble Gothic, to which Piranha Bytes did not have the rights. In December, the lighting and animations were further refined, which, according to the informant, had previously been the cause of considerable criticism from players.

The last CEO of Piranha Bytes was Michael Rueve. At this point, he has not commented on the fate of the company, but according to our information, the studio will most likely not make any official statements, allowing itself to leave peacefully and quietly.

 

[Ahriman]

Get back in the office, Wagie.
You have to pay rent to the jew-run management company that is buying up all real estate, Wagie.
You will own nothing, eat the bugs, and be happy, Wagie.
The cost of rent makes sure you have to live at least an hours drive from the office, Wagie.
So get in the car you have to have, Wagie.
Waste two hours every day in traffic, Wagie. You need to pay the car loan that you have to have to pay rent, wagie.
Actually nevermind, that's too close to owning something, Wagie.
So if you car is more than 2 years old, we need to make sure its getting emissions tested. Hope you didn't have any plans that saturday, Wagie. Better just sign that lease, Wagie.
Now fill that car with the gas we make sure costs $5 a gallon, Wagie. Pay for insurance because of the illegals and criminals we make sure that flood in and don't have insurance, but we know where you live and will find you if you aren't paying $200 every month to the actuarial jew, Wagie.
Now get into the office, Wagie.
I mean the building. Not an actual office for you, Wagie.
You think you deserve an actual office, Wagie? Fuck you, Wagie. Get into that shared cube, Wagie.
Haha, just kidding Wagie. That's too humanizing. Welcome to the open office, Wagie. Sit at this table literally staring at another drone staring at you, Wagie.
Don't ever look away from the screen, wagie. You don't want your neighbors to tell on you for not being productive. Every time you blink, that's company money wasted, Wagie. That money could be going to ensuring we have another mincing tranny in HR to send you memos about microaggressions and Pedophile Hertiage Month.
Walls and barriers stop collaboration, Wagie. They also stop me from being able to watch you.
I want to walk out of my actual office with the closing door and see a field of serfs toiling for me, Wagie. So get working.
And don't forget to make sure that camera is turned on at all time so I can see you working, Wagie.
Why aren't you at your desk, wagie? Haha just kidding Wagie, its open office so you don't have a desk, you have a 3 foot section of table.
But why aren't you there, wagie? Walks and views are for management, Wagie.

It's all so tiresome.

 

[Angry Alt Right Nerd]

Get back in the office, Wagie.
You have to pay rent to the jew-run management company that is buying up all real estate, Wagie.
You will own nothing, eat the bugs, and be happy, Wagie.
The cost of rent makes sure you have to live at least an hours drive from the office, Wagie.
So get in the car you have to have, Wagie.
Waste two hours every day in traffic, Wagie. You need to pay the car loan that you have to have to pay rent, wagie.
Actually nevermind, that's too close to owning something, Wagie.
So if you car is more than 2 years old, we need to make sure its getting emissions tested. Hope you didn't have any plans that saturday, Wagie. Better just sign that lease, Wagie.
Now fill that car with the gas we make sure costs $5 a gallon, Wagie. Pay for insurance because of the illegals and criminals we make sure that flood in and don't have insurance, but we know where you live and will find you if you aren't paying $200 every month to the actuarial jew, Wagie.
Now get into the office, Wagie.
I mean the building. Not an actual office for you, Wagie.
You think you deserve an actual office, Wagie? Fuck you, Wagie. Get into that shared cube, Wagie.
Haha, just kidding Wagie. That's too humanizing. Welcome to the open office, Wagie. Sit at this table literally staring at another drone staring at you, Wagie.
Don't ever look away from the screen, wagie. You don't want your neighbors to tell on you for not being productive. Every time you blink, that's company money wasted, Wagie. That money could be going to ensuring we have another mincing tranny in HR to send you memos about microaggressions and Pedophile Hertiage Month.
Walls and barriers stop collaboration, Wagie. They also stop me from being able to watch you.
I want to walk out of my actual office with the closing door and see a field of serfs toiling for me, Wagie. So get working.
And don't forget to make sure that camera is turned on at all time so I can see you working, Wagie.
Why aren't you at your desk, wagie? Haha just kidding Wagie, its open office so you don't have a desk, you have a 3 foot section of table.
But why aren't you there, wagie? Walks and views are for management, Wagie.

Uhh if you don't like it just start your own company, communist

 

[FedPostalService]

Hearing people cry about having to go to their place of work to do the job they’re paid to do like it was somehow a based take makes me wish all millennials had been aborted.

 

[Daily Happenings]

Hearing people cry about having to go to their place of work to do the job they’re paid to do like it was somehow a based take makes me wish all millennials had been aborted.

Found the middle manager.

 

[FedPostalService]

Found the middle manager.

If you don’t like it start your own management

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bay-area-techs-layoff-surge-has-slashed-salaries-report-says/ar-BB1oWFIv

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https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/nearly-half-of-us-firms-using-ai-say-goal-is-to-cut-staffing-costs-20240629-p5jpsl.html

Fucking lol Sam Altman did this

Also LMAO at getting a pay cut living in San Francisco or the Bay Area

Laid-off tech workers advised to sell plasma, personal belongings to survive

https://archive.is/6QVap

Exactly how many "marketing writers" do companies need? And what makes them a "tech worker" in the first place?

They work for a tech company so ergo they're a "tech worker"

crosspost for loss gaming media

https://minimaleffort.shop/blogs/news/kotaku-australia-is-shutting-down

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Ahahaha lol more like this ease

We’re going to find it very quickly in future layoffs

Yep. I'd hazard a guess that a solid 10% of people at any company with more than 1,000 workers could be dropped tomorrow with zero effect on operations.

If your job can be done remotely it means your job can also get done by a Pajeet in India.

Exactly. Plus, some tards are remote working FROM SEA already so the time zone difference is already being accounted for.

True but in the era of H1B that doesnt matter. They also bring the pajeets here.

That is thankfully capped and it's also a huge PITA for smaller companies. So a H1b is a LOT harder than outsourcing a remote job.

Hearing people cry about having to go to their place of work to do the job they’re paid to do like it was somehow a based take makes me wish all millennials had been aborted.

Indeed. As I've said before, a 4/10 schedule or hybrid 2-3 in office is getting essentially normal now. If you can't handle that, enjoy being outsourced to India or some other low wage place.

If it's hybrid / 4/10 or outsourcing I'll take the former every day.

Some people really just want a paychecks for answering one email a week, wiggling the mouse with a program and getting paid $100k+ a year for their "work". Those days are rapidly ending. If you can't work out a 100% remote job.... DEAL WITH IT.

 

[Ahriman]

Hearing people cry about having to go to their place of work to do the job they’re paid to do like it was somehow a based take makes me wish all millennials had been aborted.

I guess you're the resident Lumbergh, then.

 

[FedPostalService]

I guess you're the resident Lumbergh, then.

I’m sorry when I have to lay you off.

lol, no I won’t be

 

[Ahriman]

I’m sorry when I have to lay you off.

lol, no I won’t be

Not my fault the companies' board of directors has 85% of their assets tied up in commercial real estate. They ought to know better by now.

 

[MirrorNoir]

Another question I have in general is does the big emphasis on Big Tech in the Bay Area really help or hurt it in the long run? I know that it has the concentration of the some of the most valuable companies in the world, but what good is that if the whole industry makes is so pricey for all who live that even with beyond generous salaries not being able to afford a house?

SF being so expensive to make it painful for the worker drones to live there via keeping them forever on the brink of financial ruin is a feature not a bug to Big Tech. This ensures that your work force is fully enslaved and never unionized or have a 100% neutered union since if they lose their job, they are irrevocably fucked and will be homeless or forced to crawl back to where they came from since they can't afford to live in the area while the company having hundreds of thousands of people clamoring for said person's job as far as them being replaceable.

 

[FedPostalService]

SF being so expensive to make it painful for the worker drones to live there via keeping them forever on the brink of financial ruin is a feature not a bug to Big Tech. This ensures that your work force is fully enslaved and never unionized or have a 100% neutered union since if they lose their job, they are irrevocably fucked and will be homeless or forced to crawl back to where they came from since they can't afford to live in the area while the company having hundreds of thousands of people clamoring for said person's job as far as them being replaceable.

If you’re a member of a union you need to fill every pocket on your clothes with stones and walk into the sea.

 

[Tanner Glass]

Mostly unrelated but holy fuck “Tales of Kenzara: Zau” is such a dogshit name. Why even bother with the completely meaningless subtitle that just makes the name a mouthful? Just “Tales of Kenzara” would have worked a lot better.

"Tales of Kenzara" or "Tales of Zau" would have been "Tales of Expedient Lawsuit from Bandai Namco" who has been making "Tales of x" games (aka Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Symphonia) - which is probably why they opted for a slightly different name.

If your job can be done remotely it means your job can also get done by a Pajeet in India.

There are several jobs Pajeets can't do - if it involves any level of critical thinking, planning, being nice to people, or working without supervision you'll be fine.

Hearing people cry about having to go to their place of work to do the job they’re paid to do like it was somehow a based take makes me wish all millennials had been aborted.

Because for most people it's pointless. "Hey we don't work together at all but we look busier if we sit next to each other" is a really dumb take also.

There are some arguments for being in-office but there aren't really many good ones but if your employees are such shit that you have to spoonfeed them the work and have them babysat by a lead/manager - then it really says more about your hiring practices than where that person physically sits.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

being nice to people

They can't even talk to people, period.... unless it's their own race. Pajeets are the most socially awkward group of people to ever live. They give asians a run for their money. They lack the basic fundemental understanding of social cues.

It's even worse when they get their entire family involved. When I'm trying to get a gas reciept from granddad at the gas station, and he has to get grandma to do it for him because he doesn't undertstand, THAT is a problem.

 

[TerminalTryHard]

If you can do it remotely so can a pajeet.

I guess all those factories that were shut down and moved to China had implemented remote work policies.

 

[The Hardest R]

The concept of going to an office predates the ubiquity of the internet. There are numerous ways to keep in touch throughout the day so you can see if the untermenschen are actually working or not.

 

[Ahriman]

https://fortune.com/2024/07/10/intuit-layoffs-email-hiring-ai-transformation/

Also, daily reminder that Miles Bennett Dyson was doing home office in the early '90s. Truly ahead of his time.

Dude was a bit of a workaholic, working on a Sunday morning. But he surely was rolling in cash... check out his house. What would you guess Dyson's salary was?

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Is there a reason that all of these places lay-off 10% of their workforce? Is it legal reasons, or is my autism super-power recognising patterns where there are none?

 

[Back me up!]

Is there a reason that all of these places lay-off 10% of their workforce? Is it legal reasons, or is my autism super-power recognising patterns where there are none?

10% is basically around what you can safely remove and share the burden if that 10% happened to be productive. The other case is the bottom 10% tend to cause about 90% of your problems so best to get rid of them ASAP.