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An ex-Googler says he discovered he'd been laid off while feeding his newborn daughter at 2 a.m.

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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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Amid an onslaught of tech layoffs, here are 12 major tech companies that haven't announced any job cuts in the past 6 months

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 10, 2019.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has avoided a massive layoff.

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The massive wave of layoffs is giving tech workers a brutal wake-up call about the reality of work

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Layoffs are forcing tech workers to confront a harsh truth: the workplace isn't the same thing as a family.

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Boeing plans to hire around 10,000 workers in 2023 as it bounces back from the pandemic, report says

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Boeing boosted its workforce with 14,000 new hires in 2022.

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The end of Big Tech's subscription addiction

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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.

A Google engineer said a 'beautiful day' was overshadowed after she found out she'd been laid off hours before giving birth to her second child

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Google announced on January 20 it was laying off around 12,000 workers.

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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said he doesn't like seeing 'managers managing managers,' fueling speculation of more layoffs

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Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg doesn't think managers managing managers is an ideal corporate structure.

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A Googler says he was laid off while caring for his terminally-ill mom — but would take another job at the company 'in a heartbeat'

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CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, said on January 20 the company will lay off about 12,000 employees.

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I'm an HR executive that was just laid off from Vox Media. I've been preparing for this since my first day on the job.

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former vox employee Phoebe Gavin
In the wake of Vox Media layoffs, Phoebe Gavin, 37, let her LinkedIn followers know that her job had been affected. But, she says that's OK because she'd been preparing to be laid off since day one.

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