maximillianos - 1:23 pm on Nov 27, 2008 (gmt 0)

10,000 wasn't that the figure thrown around for the "human review" contractors.

Not sure they apply. I was one of them once and I did not "work for Google" as a contractor. I worked for a contracting company (paid by the contracting company) and was given assignments through Google.

So I'm not sure they would be considered the same. But maybe? That would be a less significant lay-off, since most of those folks are part-timers.

Let me rephrase that... Any layoff is significant in these times as folks need all the money they can find, but I think dropping their human evaluators would not hurt their ability to compete or grow as a company...