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0 pointsClumsyPilot2y ago0 comments

> or do you want Google or whoever to start hiring cooks themselves?

Yes? Whats wrong with hiring a cook if you need to cook?

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lazide2y ago

Because Google has no idea how to manage or hire cooks?

ayewo2y ago

Google's first chef Charlie Ayers was hired way back in 1999

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Ayers

lazide2y ago

And notorious as a bad example in the business world of how to hire cooks? They changed shortly afterwards.

They pretty much were giving away the farm, and if they kept that up they’d be bankrupt - not an incredibly valuable company.

vasco2y ago

Google managed to hire their first chef in 1999 and manage them directly, I'm sure they can manage a global team of cooks better than anyone else if they wanted to, because of their specific needs and so many global offices to spread the gains through. It's all just a decision they took.

lazide2y ago

What they did with Ayer’s was so clearly unsustainable (and disproportionate) it’s a classic story in the business world of giving away the farm.

Anyone doing that at scale is going bankrupt quickly. Which is the point.

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ClumsyPilotOP2y ago

> no idea how to manage or hire cooks?

Ah yess, cooking food is like deepwater welding, and an average adult has no idea how to manage the risks involved.

Seriously, how can an adult write something like this?

lazide2y ago

Have you ever managed a commercial kitchen? Or hired and supervised cooks?

I know people who have, and it is far from an easy or straightforward thing. If you want to stay solvent and out of jail anyway.

Most restaurants go bankrupt within a few years.

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astrange2y ago

It's just as easy to hire a chef as it is to hire a catering service.

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lazide2y ago

Because Google has no idea how to manage or hire cooks?

ayewo2y ago

Google's first chef Charlie Ayers was hired way back in 1999

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Ayers

lazide2y ago

And notorious as a bad example in the business world of how to hire cooks? They changed shortly afterwards.

They pretty much were giving away the farm, and if they kept that up they’d be bankrupt - not an incredibly valuable company.

vasco2y ago

lazide2y ago

What they did with Ayer’s was so clearly unsustainable (and disproportionate) it’s a classic story in the business world of giving away the farm.

Anyone doing that at scale is going bankrupt quickly. Which is the point.

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ClumsyPilotOP2y ago

> no idea how to manage or hire cooks?

Ah yess, cooking food is like deepwater welding, and an average adult has no idea how to manage the risks involved.

Seriously, how can an adult write something like this?

lazide2y ago

Have you ever managed a commercial kitchen? Or hired and supervised cooks?

I know people who have, and it is far from an easy or straightforward thing. If you want to stay solvent and out of jail anyway.

Most restaurants go bankrupt within a few years.

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astrange2y ago

It's just as easy to hire a chef as it is to hire a catering service.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse