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The previous layoff was all across the board and likely trimming lower rated engineers across the whole company.
This is simply untrue for the Jan 2023 Alphabet layoffs. Entire orgs (>200 FTE) were let go regardless of individual performance.
Interesting to see that robot as the cover image when the team that built them was shutdown earlier this year: https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-layoffs-hit-trash-sorti...
*qualified people who are willing to accept the GS pay band
Everyday Robots was recently kneecapped: https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-layoffs-hit-trash-sorti...
I had a manager religiously protect 1:1s who canceled (without rescheduling) one week.
I immediately assumed I was being laid off, but I was only partly correct - that Friday the whole program was eliminated.
I could be wrong though.
Yep, you are.
A small percentage of the EDR team (and mainly contractors) were absorbed by Google Research - the vast majority of the team was let go.