Natasha Nesiba was a senior software engineer at Google, where she focused on YouTube Kids. On January 20, Nesiba lost her job at Google and went into labor with her second child. “I’m at my most vulnerable, physically, mentally, and emotionally,” she told Insider. … Source link
Read More »A Google employee of 11 years says he and his wife stared at each other in ‘disbelief’ when they realized they’d both been laid off by the company
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, said on Friday around 12,000 jobs would be cut.AP A Google employee said he and his wife were both laid off by the tech giant in Friday’s mass cull. Ashish Kalsi wrote on LinkedIn that they stared at each other in “disbelief” that morning as their daughter slept. Kalsi said he’s on an H-1B visa and has a 60-day “countdown” to find a new role or leave the US. A Google engineer said he and his wife stared at each other in “disbelief” upon learning on… Source link
Read More »Ex-Googler Says He and Wife Laid Off, Stared in Disbelief
A Google employee said he and his wife were both laid off by the tech giant in Friday’s mass cull. Ashish Kalsi wrote on LinkedIn that they stared at each other in “disbelief” that morning as their daughter slept. Kalsi said he’s on an H-1B visa and has a 60-day “countdown” to find a new role or leave the US. … Source link
Read More »An engineer laid off after over 16 years at Google said ‘faceless’ tech giants see staff as ‘100% disposable’
A Google engineer laid off after 16 years said the tech giant sees staff as “100% disposable.”Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images An engineering manager laid off by Google said the tech giant sees staff as “100% disposable.” Justin Moore said on LinkedIn that he was laid off through an automatic account deactivation. Moore was one of 12,000 people affected by the company’s mass layoff last week. A Google engineer laid off after over 16 and a half years at the firm said the tech giant views… Source link
Read More »Some Google workers who’ve been laid off earned as much as $1 million a year, report says
Sundar Pichai announced 12,000 job cuts on Friday.Jerod Harris/Getty Images Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced layoffs Friday affecting 12,000 positions at the Google owner. Some employees who earned as much as $1 million were also cut, The Information reported. Pichai told staff in a memo that he took “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here.” Some of the 12,000 staff whose roles were cut by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday included both high performers and workers making… Source link
Read More »Some Google workers who’ve been laid off earned as much as $1 million a year, report says
Sundar Pichai announced 12,000 job cuts on Friday.Jerod Harris/Getty Images Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced layoffs Friday affecting 12,000 positions at the Google owner. Some employees who earned as much as $1 million were also cut, The Information reported. Pichai told staff in a memo that he took “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here.” Some of the 12,000 staff whose roles were cut by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday included both high performers and workers making… Source link
Read More »Some Google Workers Who’ve Been Laid Off Earned As Much As $1M: Report
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced layoffs Friday affecting 12,000 positions at the Google owner. Some employees who earned as much as $1 million were also cut, The Information reported. Pichai told staff in a memo that he took “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here.” … Source link
Read More »Tesla’s 10% staff cuts have kicked off, with ex-employees confirming on LinkedIn that they’ve been laid off
Elon Musk has publicly stated his belief that the US is heading toward a recession.Yasin Ozturk/Getty Images Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said earlier this month that the company would cut 10% of staff. Job cuts appear to have started, with Tesla staffers saying on LinkedIn that they’ve been laid off. The Tesla staffers posting on LinkedIn come from various departments across the company. Tesla has begun to trim its workforce in earnest after CEO Elon Musk announced earlier this month that he planned… Source link
Read More »Putin’s pre-invasion moves against Google and Apple laid tech groundwork for crackdown.
Within hours, an app designed to help Russians register protest votes against Putin could no longer be downloaded from Google or Apple, whose main representative in Moscow faced a similarly harrowing sequence. Titans of American technology had been brought to their knees by some of the most primitive intimidation tactics in the Kremlin playbook. Story continues below advertisement The unnerving encounters, which have not previously been disclosed, were part of a broader campaign that Putin… Source link
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