An ex-Googler says he discovered he'd been laid off while feeding his newborn daughter at 2 a.m.

• 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 he'd been laid off via email days after his wife gave birth to their first child.