[gernb]

Just off the cuff guessing but 12000 people cost $1.2 to $4.8 billon a year

Google has 180k people, minus 12k = 168k. That means their burn rate is 16.8 to 84 billon a year

I'm speaking out of my ass because I don't know the average salary and overhead of a google employee but the low numbers assume $100k a year no zero overhead.

Please check my math

12000 * $100k = 1.2 billon

168k * $100k = 16.8 billon

[jsnell]

What's the purpose of your math?

They're a public company. If you want to know how much they spend, just check their quarterly financial reports. It'll be far more accurate than these guesses.

[gernb]

> What's the purpose of your math?

To show that $100b in reserves may not be that much if you need to keep the company afloat for 168k people.