Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during Google I/O 2016 at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 19, 2016 in Mountain View, California. The annual Google I/O conference is runs through May 20.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 staff would be laid off.
  • A laid-off Googler said colleagues should 'find perspective' about the recent layoffs.
  • In a LinkedIn post, Mallika Iyer said of the cuts: "No one died. Seriously."
  • Iyer said there was "always a silver lining," adding: "Now let's quit whining and get to work."

A Google employee of more than five years who succumbed to the recent layoffs has said colleagues should "find perspective" about the cuts.