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Dehumanizing. Gut-wrenching. Slap in the face. Betrayed. Tech workers are using all sorts of emotional phrases to describe the layoff wave that has gripped the industry and become the talk of the business world.
"I'm shocked and hurt and still processing," Katie Olaskiewicz, a former human-truths strategist at Google, wrote on LinkedIn last week shortly after 12,000 Google employees were let go. "It's difficult when you feel betrayed, but there isn't really an individual you can direct your anger towards."
She added: "You can work for one of the most esteemed employers in the world and still be reduced to a dollar sign."