Google announced on January 20 that it was laying off 12,000 staff, or around 6.4% of its workforce.Aly Song/Reuters A Google recruiter learned she was laid off in the middle of the night while on maternity leave. Google is known for its generous benefits, including up to 24 weeks of parental leave. Other Google staff say they were laid off while on parental and carers’ leave. A Google recruiter on maternity leave said she found out she was laid off in the middle of the night while feeding her… Source link
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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 employees would be cut.Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto/Getty Images Former Googler Nicholas Dufau said he felt “acutely expendable” after being laid off via email. He wrote on LinkedIn that he discovered he’d lost his job while feeding his newborn daughter at 2 a.m. Google said on January 20 it was laying off 12,000 workers. A former Google employee said he felt “acutely expendable” upon discovering… Source link
Read More »An ex-Googler says he discovered he’d been laid off while feeding his newborn daughter at 2 a.m.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 employees would be cut.Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto/Getty Images Former Googler Nicholas Dufau said he felt “acutely expendable” after being laid off via email. He wrote on LinkedIn that he discovered he’d lost his job while feeding his newborn daughter at 2 a.m. Google said on January 20 it was laying off 12,000 workers. A former Google employee said he felt “acutely expendable” upon discovering… Source link
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