Laid-off Google workers say the impersonal way the company let them go shows it's 'just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else'

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Google told affected US staff in an early-morning email on January 20 that "we no longer have a job for you."

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A job applicant who lost her hair when she had cancer says interviewers called her headpiece not 'professional' enough

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Krystal Garmon said the headpiece she wore during the interview was "not inappropriate."

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Title inflation is hurting employee career growth and company morale

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Title inflation is hurting employees and companies

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Zoom's CEO will take a $10,000 salary this year, a 98% pay cut, after laying off 1,300 workers because of 'mistakes' he made growing the company

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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan is slashing his pay by $490,000.

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Google emails some Canadian employees to tell them they're being laid off as part of its plan to cut 12,000 jobs globally: 'Feels as harsh as being fired'

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Some Google employees in Canada reportedly found out on Monday they were being laid off.

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A laid-off Twitter manager said the company wanted to make people's lives better, but that 'went to garbage' after Elon Musk's takeover

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A laid-off Twitter manager told The BBC that he's "worried" about the company's future under the ownership of Elon Musk.

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I've made $630,000 in 2 years as a 55-year-old OnlyFans model. It means I can give my son a better life and save for his college fund.

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Elaina St James made her OnlyFans account in spring 2021.

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

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Google employees who were laid off have rushed to Discord to vent and get financial advice.

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Elon Musk's Twitter ordered by officials to properly label bedrooms in San Francisco HQ as sleeping areas — or convert them back to offices within 15 days

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A former Twitter worker previously said Elon Musk had often slept in the company's offices.

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A tech CEO apologized for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. when announcing layoffs, calling it 'inappropriate and insensitive'

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PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada said the quote she had included from Martin Luther King Jr. was "inappropriate and insensitive."

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