Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’
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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.
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Everyone needs a union
The irony is that they are moving to Germany, one of the most unionized countries in the entire world. Also not exactly "cheap" labor.
the IT wages in Germany aren't as high, you're looking at €3000-€5000 above your typical factory worker for the type of work they seem to be looking for, BUT therefor they also have German levels of workers right XD, just wait 5 years when Google decides to outsource somewhere else again, and realizes it can't afford to pay the severance of all those employees
IT wages may not be as high in Germany as in Silicon Valley (cost of living is also a lot lower), but they are certainly a far cry from "cheap." Also, German workers have much, much better labor conditions overall than US workers. They aren't easy to cast aside like Google has a habit of doing.
I really hope you don't mean the python people, the last thing I want in German IT is python dumbfucks... :(