A Google worker says some staffers found out which colleagues had been laid off when their emails bounced back

• A Google worker says some staffers learned who'd been let go when their emails bounced back.
• Laid-off workers resorted to messaging their ex-coworkers on LinkedIn or texting them with the news.
• Google has been criticized over the abrupt and impersonal nature of January's mass layoffs.

A Google worker says the abrupt nature of the company's mass layoffs last month meant some staffers found out which of their colleagues had been laid off when they tried to send them emails and they bounced back.