<story><title>Google lays off hundreds working on its voice-activated assistant</title><url>https://www.semafor.com/article/01/10/2024/google-lays-off-hundreds-working-on-its-voice-activated-assistant</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>Federal government. No equity, but stability. Best place to take shelter during economic uncertainty or bearish conditions imho. Rode out the 2008 GFC at a DOE lab.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usajobs.gov&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usajobs.gov&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>neilv</author><text>So what&amp;#x27;s a good employer now, now that Google has been losing the reputation for treating employees well?&lt;p&gt;(Multiple rounds of laying off people isn&amp;#x27;t treating only those people poorly, but also increasing stress for the people who remain, knowing they can suddenly be laid off as well.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rockskon</author><text>Federal government is mostly a miserable place to work if you enjoy up-to-date tech and flat organizational structures with high autonomy to get your work done.  Also a miserable place to work if you enjoy earning money.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google lays off hundreds working on its voice-activated assistant</title><url>https://www.semafor.com/article/01/10/2024/google-lays-off-hundreds-working-on-its-voice-activated-assistant</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>Federal government. No equity, but stability. Best place to take shelter during economic uncertainty or bearish conditions imho. Rode out the 2008 GFC at a DOE lab.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usajobs.gov&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usajobs.gov&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>neilv</author><text>So what&amp;#x27;s a good employer now, now that Google has been losing the reputation for treating employees well?&lt;p&gt;(Multiple rounds of laying off people isn&amp;#x27;t treating only those people poorly, but also increasing stress for the people who remain, knowing they can suddenly be laid off as well.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>BobaFloutist</author><text>Incredible lens, to see working for the federal government as the employment version of investing in gold. A real fun concept.</text></comment>