Laid-off Google employees turn to Discord server with 18,000 members for support (businessinsider.com)

37 points by cebert 3y ago ↗ HN

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I feel like it was a missed opportunity for BigCo to showcase their in-house AI by providing chat support for said laid off people.

mulligan 3y ago ↗

this would be the headline: "callous tech company lays off tech company then trials unvetted chat bots on them"

along with all the examples of it giving awful advice

shiroyacha 3y ago ↗

I think it's worse than just fire by email lol

KennyBlanken 3y ago ↗

From what I've heard, many tech companies are slashing perks and benefits.

Was this discord server made available to all the chefs and masseuses and personal trainers and cleaners and van drivers that are losing their jobs, after living in RVs and vans near the campus?

crmrc114 3y ago ↗

Pretty disappointed it's not signal or Mastodon or literally anything other than Discord.

water-your-self 3y ago ↗

Why would google employees know how to use mastodon?

matt-attack 3y ago ↗

Curious why?

Shakahs 3y ago ↗

There is some irony in this as Discord runs on Google Cloud.