[rightbyte]

Oh dear ... that is insane. The institutional continuity has to be so low.

[UncleMeat]

It isn't people leaving. It is stupendously huge growth.

The number is also lower for eng-ftes.

[iamstupidsimple]

Sibling comment has a good point, this number includes everyone from software engineers to kitchen staff. Very few of my direct peers have left and the Google is growing still.