Laid-off Google employees are turning to a Discord server with nearly 18,000 members for emotional support and financial advice

• Laid-off Google employees have flocked to Discord to vent and seek financial advice.
• Almost 18,000 people are currently on the Discord server called "Google Post-Layoffs."
• Laid-off engineers told Insider Discord gave them a way to communicate with their ex-colleagues.

Google employees who were recently laid off have joined a Discord server to get emotional support and financial tips after departing from the tech giant.

"Google Post-Layoffs" has more than 17,800 members, comprised of laid-off Google staff, current employees, former workers who left prior to the job cuts, recruiters, and journalists.