[eightman]

Going to be absolutely hilarious when the recession that all these cuts are supposed to be in preparation for doesn't happen or is a lot less severe then predicted and suddenly Wall Street starts screaming about how all these firms are understaffed and can't launch new products.

[aliyfarah]

More likely they’d be wondering what all those extra people were doing in the first place when they realise Google is still operating as usual and churning out features and products.

[eightman]

What percentage of developers at Google work on their ad business, which provides 80% of their revenue?

[pm90]

It’s unlikely they’re gonna be understaffed. The projects cut weren’t revenue generating ones.

[eightman]

I would bet the majority of developers at Google do not work on revenue generating projects.