The Python team hasn't been disbanded yet, and Google is taking action against Flutter and Dart again

Last week, the news that "Google fired the Python basic team" sparked heated discussion.

“One update from Thomas Wouters, a member of Google’s Python steering committee, surprised everyone: “When everyone you work directly with, including your supervisor, is laid off — oh , it’s a tough day when positions are cut and you’re asked to put their replacements in, and these people are told they’re in the same positions in different countries and they’re not happy about it.”

##Just when people were discussing the reasons why Google laid off the Python team, Google once again heard the news of "laying off employees of key teams such as Flutter, Dart, Python, etc." .

According to foreign media TechCrunch, Google confirmed that employees shared the news on social media. The report pointed out that Google has confirmed the layoffs, but did not specify which teams, roles or how many people will be laid off.

We are investing responsibly in the company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” Google spokesman Alex García-Kummert said.

Between the second half of 2023 and into 2024, our team will make changes to become more efficient, work better, remove layers, and prioritize its resources with the biggest products Things align.

Therefore, we are simplifying the company structure to provide our employees with more opportunities to work on the most innovative and important research and development and the company’s biggest priorities, All while reducing bureaucracy and layers.

Google said the layoffs were not company-wide, but a reorganization as part of normal business processes. Affected employees will be able to apply for other open positions at Google.

Still, employees felt regretful. In an He also wrote in Reddit's Flutter development community: "We are sad, but we are still working hard to advance the Google I/O conference and future work."

Although the Flutter team is affected by this layoff, Google said that Flutter will release an update at this year's I/O conference.

Of course, people are particularly concerned about the layoffs in the Python team, given its role in artificial intelligence.

Some people pointed out that Google is not laying off its Python team. In a post on Reddit, one commenter said: "The Python teams affected by the layoffs are those that manage the internal Python runtime, toolchain, and OSS Python-related teams."

## Discussions on #Hacker News provide us with more information from the Google Python team.

Discussion link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40173331

One of the Python team members detailed their specific technical responsibilities and noted: "For many years, most of the work has been done by teams of less than 10 people."

Another netizen said: “Their first few years on the Python team were spent paying off internal technical debt, which accumulated due to the company’s lack of a strong Python strategy. ."

##Perhaps, Google has already had problems with the development of the Python team.

It is worth noting that the Python team affected by this layoff includes multiple current and former core developers and steering committee members.

Python 運営委員会のメンバーである Thomas Wouters 氏も次のように指摘しました。Google は元の米国チームをミュンヘンに拠点を置く別のチームに置き換えました。

おそらく広報担当者の Alex García-Kummert 氏が述べたように、Google はコストを削減し効率を高め、リソースを最大限に集中して使用するためにこれを行っているのでしょう。会社の最大の優先事項について。

Google は従業員数のレベルについては詳細を明らかにしませんでしたが、解雇の一部は 4 月 24 日に提出された WARN (労働者調整および再訓練通知法) 通知で確認された可能性があります。

WARN は、従業員 100 人を超える雇用主に対し、従業員を解雇する前に少なくとも 60 日前に通知することを義務付けており、企業行動を標準化し、従業員とその家族に移行する時間を与えることを目的としています。潜在的な失業、代替雇用を見つける時間、および必要に応じて、雇用市場で競争するためのスキルトレーニングまたは再トレーニングを受ける時間を調整します。

文書によると、Google はカリフォルニア州サニーベールにある 3 つのオフィスで合計 50 人の従業員を解雇する予定です。

Google は次のように述べています。「地域の要件に従って、再就職支援サービスや退職金パッケージに加えて、Google または他の場所での雇用を探す時間を提供することで、影響を受けるすべての従業員をサポートします。」

実際、過去 2 年間、Google は複数回の人員削減を実施しており、人員削減の規模は 10,000 人を超えることも何度かありました。特に生成AIが変化の波を起こした後、Googleは会社組織、人員構成、リソース配分に大規模な調整を加えたようだ。 Microsoft や OpenAI と比較すると、Google は少し準備ができていないようでした。