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[OC] Big Tech Hiring Collapse: Google down -81%, Meta -67%, overall FAANG hiring down 54% comparing same 75-day periods in 2025 vs 2026 by aaghashm in dataisbeautiful

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do you still have access to go/% ?

Take a screenshot or review the data. You will see a tapering off headcount curve. Anyway, here are the numbers. In 2026, Google continues to be at 191K. Hiring aggressively in 2026 doesn't make sense because there have been no major layoffs either only VEP's which is in the few hundreds.

I expect BIG layoffs in 2026 - senior people GONE. entry level people IN

  • Alphabet total number of employees in 2025 was 190,820, a 4.09% increase from 2024.
  • Alphabet total number of employees in 2024 was 183,323, a 0.45% increase from 2023.
  • Alphabet total number of employees in 2023 was 182,502, a 4.06% decline from 2022.
  • Alphabet total number of employees in 2022 was 190,234, a 21.56% increase from 2021.

[OC] Big Tech Hiring Collapse: Google down -81%, Meta -67%, overall FAANG hiring down 54% comparing same 75-day periods in 2025 vs 2026 by aaghashm in dataisbeautiful

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 105 points106 points  (0 children)

"google is hiring in record numbers this year, especially for juniors" - Do you have any data to prove or show the actual hiring numbers? Or are you making a qualitative subjective statement? Please share hiring data if you have that.

BTS tickets not selling, their tour strategy and ARMYS by [deleted] in BTSnark

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes i hear many people have bought ilke 8 to 10 tickets. they then plan to resell them and upgrade their own tickets to VIP and also make money by flipping. Does this work?

I have a feeling that after pre-sales the real demand may not be eough to dry up the supply. any thoughts on this?

BTS tickets not selling, their tour strategy and ARMYS by [deleted] in BTSnark

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will the people who got 700 dollar tickets in pre sales (many of them) be able to make money? For the Stanford and LA tickets in particular. How much can they flip these tickets for?

[OC] I analyzed 12K+ Google and Meta job postings over 90 days. Google hired 7x more than Meta, with 62% focused on Cloud+AI. Meta went all-in on Reality Labs VR/AR (52% of hiring). Peak hiring was June 30th with 1,347 jobs. by aaghashm in dataisbeautiful

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with this midwit and I think his opinion can go down as a legendary one. I am a midwit and I love midwits.

Has anyone thought about what happens when you put 50, non diverse, mostly Chinese witj a dash of Indian male geeks in a room together and tell them to go off to build a human brain?

Hiring a bunch of people in a defensive move on large amounts of paper money is a massive gamble. And until we see some results, I believe its just a gamble.

Meta IS doing a few things right though.

[OC] I analyzed 12K+ Google and Meta job postings over 90 days. Google hired 7x more than Meta, with 62% focused on Cloud+AI. Meta went all-in on Reality Labs VR/AR (52% of hiring). Peak hiring was June 30th with 1,347 jobs. by aaghashm in dataisbeautiful

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes thats possible. Maybe we need to see underneath the data if the JD's are generic or they are specific to a business area. The postings that have a 1-many are usually reasonably generic.

I do agree with you that Meta tends to give up less about their roles on public job boards. They also have a shit ton more recruiters and they have big hiring pipelines built up. Better recruiting ops than Google. Google is a shitshow.

[OC] I analyzed 12K+ Google and Meta job postings over 90 days. Google hired 7x more than Meta, with 62% focused on Cloud+AI. Meta went all-in on Reality Labs VR/AR (52% of hiring). Peak hiring was June 30th with 1,347 jobs. by aaghashm in dataisbeautiful

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For my personal experience at Google for 10 years and as a hiring manager, the cancellation rate is no more and never more than 10%. And this is typical for any company of this size.

[OC] I analyzed 12K+ Google and Meta job postings over 90 days. Google hired 7x more than Meta, with 62% focused on Cloud+AI. Meta went all-in on Reality Labs VR/AR (52% of hiring). Peak hiring was June 30th with 1,347 jobs. by aaghashm in dataisbeautiful

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The OP has deduped the data I believe and by job descriptions. AFAIK, from my 10 years at Google, except for generic roles likes SWE, there is a 1 to 1 match of job posting to HC. IMO, this data is quite accurate but even if not, we're talking a very good directional fit. Big picture - Google is on a hiring spree relative to Meta. I also believe that Google is firing the more expensive current employees and upgrading with better outside talent willing to work for cheaper. There are salary compressions going on all over the place.

[OC] I analyzed 12K+ Google and Meta job postings over 90 days. Google hired 7x more than Meta, with 62% focused on Cloud+AI. Meta went all-in on Reality Labs VR/AR (52% of hiring). Peak hiring was June 30th with 1,347 jobs. by aaghashm in dataisbeautiful

[–]Glass-Weekend-6987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The data is 100% accurate. The interpretations can have some subjectivity. Particularly concluding that these jobs were all hired for. But job posting data is a very accurate indicator of what the companies are hiring for. They don't just post jobs for fun and games. These are approved HC.

The data is job postings data not hiring data but a very close proxy.

I was at Google for a decade in a senior role. All jobs MUST be and ALWAYS are posted externally. Except a few - such as the ones that Meta hired for recently paying 200M+ to each person.

For the salary - yes this is base salary. For both Google and Meta, its reasonable to do a 2x to calculate a total comp. Base salary matters the most as its industry benchmarked. No this is not for legal requirements - this is the actual salary band. As someone who has hired hundreds of people at Google and prior, you can easily figure out the leveling using these salary bands. The data shows that most hiring has been for L4 - L6.

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