A Google engineer of 8 years says his 'spidey-senses' detected incoming layoffs — and felt 'isolated' when his 'faceless' severance email arrived

• A laid-off Google engineer said his "spidey-senses" detected incoming job cuts at the company.
• Zac Bowling told Insider he'd been laid off before and was familiar with the build-up.
• He said Google's severance email was "cold," "faceless," and made him feel "isolated."

A laid-off Google engineer said his "spidey-senses" detected incoming job cuts at the company — and the "cold" severance email that followed left him feeling "isolated."

Zac Bowling, who worked at Google for almost eight years, told Insider he suspected layoffs were around the corner because of various changes at the tech giant in recent months and years. He said he's been laid off twice before from other companies and was familiar with the build-up.