Headlines about layoffs don't mean you're going to lose your job

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Biden's labor secretary says he's watching tech layoffs closely, but for now it's still a good time to find a job

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President Joe Biden shakes hands with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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A Google engineer said taking her kids to school just after finding out she'd been laid off was like being 'in a fog' in a heartfelt Medium post

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Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, California, United States on September 26, 2022.

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Why thinking of your work as a family can be so toxic and what you can do instead

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Quiet layoffs are underway.
Layoffs across the tech sector have shown that viewing work as your family can have serious downsides.

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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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A Google recruiter on maternity leave said she found out she was laid off while feeding her 3-week-old baby at 4:30 a.m.

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Google Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai attends a session of the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, December 3, 2017.
Google announced on January 20 that it was laying off 12,000 staff, or around 6.4% of its workforce.

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Google's head of mental health and wellbeing was among the 12,000 workers laid off by the tech giant

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during Google I/O 2016 at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 19, 2016 in Mountain View, California. The annual Google I/O conference is runs through May 20.
Google announced on January 20 that it was laying off around 12,000 workers, or 6.4% of its workforce.

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First-time homebuyers face a lose-lose scenario

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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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