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When Google told 12,000 employees they were out of a job last week, there were a lot of feels, understandably. Some workers were confused about why they had been laid off. Others were frustrated.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 employees would be cut.
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Business man holding box with cracked work family photo frame popping out 2x1
Layoffs are forcing tech workers to confront a harsh truth: the workplace isn't the same thing as a family.
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Insider asked ChatGPT, the viral AI chatbot sweeping the internet, to whip up a layoff memo for a pretend tech company, Gomezon.
Insider asked ChatGPT, the viral AI chatbot sweeping the internet, to whip up a layoff memo for a pretend tech company, Gomezon.
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It's the weekend, reader! I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I have soooo many chores to do. One of them includes looking at my finances — moving is expensive. You know what else is sneaky expensive? All those subscriptions like Microsoft OneDrive and Adobe Creative Suite, which add up quick.

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Google announced on January 20 it was laying off around 12,000 workers.
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Google parent Alphabet this month said it would cut 12,000 workers.
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We know Elon Musk is terminally online, but this seems like a lot, even for him. A sender using the billionaire’s name has requested that Google remove hundreds of links for alleged copyright violations, as first noted in a TorrentFreak blogpost.