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Economy

Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers

2023-01-21

[NYPOST] Google’s parent company Alphabet announced that it will be laying off 12,000 workers — joining other tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon who said this week they would be handing out pink slips to a combined 28,000 people.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai circulated a memo to staffers at the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine indicating that the layoffs — which amount to 6% of the company’s global workforce of 150,000 Googlers — would be implemented immediately for workers in the company’s US offices.
"We suggest you use our search engine to look for a job elsewhere. Win-win!"
Google employees in other countries whose jobs are on the chopping block will undergo a more lengthy termination process "due to local laws and practices," according to Pichai.

Axed workers will receive 16 weeks of severance pay in addition to two weeks for each additional year of service at Google, the CEO said.

"This will mean saying goodbye to some incredibly talented people we worked hard to hire and have loved working with," Pichai wrote in his memo. "I’m deeply sorry for that."

Pichai added: "The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on me, and I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here."

Posted by:Fred

#4 Getting what the pushed everyone to vote for / helped to get elected. Good and hard.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-21 07:02

#3 Axed workers will receive 16 weeks of severance pay in addition to two weeks for each additional year of service at Google, the CEO said.

Go back to college and get a degree in 'Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Equity'. I understand they're hiring bloat in that grift now for HR departments.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-01-21 06:56

#2 'Tech wreck' sweeping Silicon Valley wipes out jobs paying $12BN amid 'richcession' - as Google plans to cut 12,000 roles

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-21 02:43

#1 Microsoft is under fire for hosting 'intimate' Sting concert for 50 execs at Davos - the night before announcing it would slash 10,000 jobs

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-21 02:00

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