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Is this the end of Google? Rarely a company recovers after massive layoffs. Are they in the SUN Microsystems negative feedback spiral now?

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Massive? This is 6% of their workforce.

6% isn't massive for a profitable company? 1 out of every 17 people getting fired at the same time? That will have huge consequences to internal culture and employee optimism, leading to all kinds of weird people getting to the top.

>= .05 significant, >= .1 big, >= .15 huge, >= .2 massive,

Layoffs aren't a p-test...

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