Tech giant Google has laid off its entire American Python development team to hire cheaper labor in Germany.
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Reduction of the American team
Google has dissolved the group of programmers responsible for supporting and developing the Python ecosystem in Google companies. Fewer than ten people in the United States oversaw much of the Python project, updating third-party packages and ensuring the stability of versions of the programming language within Google.
Move to Munich
Google management led by Sundar Pichai has reportedly made a decision recruit a new Python team from scratch in Munich, Germany. It is expected that this will allow hiring more affordable employees.
Reactions of those fired
One former Google employee commented on the dismissal of the entire team as follows: “It’s a hard day when everyone you work with directly, including your the manager is fired, that is, excuse me, 'your role is reduced'."
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- Google is an American multinational company that develops Internet services and products.
- Python is a popular programming language aimed at improving developer productivity and code readability.
- Sundar Pichai is the Chief Executive Officer of Google and Alphabet Inc.
- Munich is a city in Germany where Google plans to form a new Python team.
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Иван
Eh, Google has become completely impudent 🤬 They are firing experienced American Python developers in order to hire cheaper labor in Germany. This is just crazy!
Анна
I'm shocked by this news too 😲 Python is one of the main programming languages at Google and the team that maintains it plays a key role. Firing everyone at once is a disaster for the company's Python ecosystem.
Франц
It's not all bad guys 🤔 Google will create a new team in Munich so work on Python will continue. Yes, firing Americans is a rude step, but the company is apparently looking for ways to optimize costs.
Джек
Globalization in action 💼 Western companies are increasingly moving development to regions with cheaper labor. Not everyone likes it, but that's how business works now.
Владимир
Brrr, what a mess 😒 Firing the entire team at once is simply incompetence and disrespect for employees. As a result, Google's Python development will suffer. And all for the sake of some dubious savings 💰
Мария
I worked in an international IT company, and there were also a lot of optimizations and layoffs 😔 On the one hand, businesses must look for ways to reduce costs. But on the other hand, people are losing their jobs, and projects are suffering from the loss of experienced personnel.
Ольга
I think Google will try to preserve the work of the Python team by moving it to a new group in Munich 🤖 But I agree that firing the entire team is a shock to the ecosystem. I hope they can handle this transition period.
Владимир
Ugh, again these corporations are only after profit 🙄 People don’t care about the experience and dedication of employees. You'll see, Python at Google will be lame after this move to Munich 🚶♂️