A Googler laid off while on vacation found out when her colleague texted her, and said it made her feel like she was 'just a number'

• An ex-Google recruiter says the company laid staff off like they were "just a number."
• Louise Coyne was a contractor. Google never contacted her to confirm she'd been laid off, she said.
• Instead, contractors found out they'd lost their jobs by being locked out of corporate accounts.

An ex-Google recruiter says the way the company laid staff off made her feel like she was "just a number."

Louise Coyne told Insider she was on paid leave when CEO Sundar Pichai announced Google was laying off 12,000 workers, or around 6.4% of its workforce, on January 20.