The layoffs are global and affect US workers immediately.
Tech giant Google is laying off 12,000 employees, or 6 percent of its workforce. Hit by job cuts, a software engineer named Jeremy Joslin, who has been working at the tech giant since 2003, was laid off. The company gave this news to him via email.
one in TweetMr. Joslin wrote, “It’s hard for me to believe that after 20 years at #Google I unexpectedly found out about my last day via an email. What a slap in the face. I wish I could meet everyone face to face.” could say goodbye to
In a LinkedIn post, Mr. Joslin said, “I never thought this would happen.”
On Friday, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared the difficult news with his employees. “We have made the decision to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles. We have already sent a separate email to affected employees in the US. In other countries, this process will take longer due to local laws and practices,” read the message .
Mr. Pichai said, “Over the past two years we’ve seen a period of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we’ve hired for a different economic reality than we have today.”
Alphabet’s job losses affect the company’s teams, including recruiting and some corporate functions, as well as some engineering and product teams.
The news comes during a period of economic uncertainty as well as technological promise.
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