Happy V-Day (or Singles Awareness Day), reader — whatever you celebrate. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm just happy you're here. 3
I'm also just happy to be at Insider. Writing a newsletter like this was actually beyond anything I ever imagined. While maybe I should dream bigger, keeping expectations low could also be a good thing — people shouldn't dream of labor.
Google miscalculated the number of stocks laid-off employees were told they would receive as part of a severance package last month. The company laid off 12,000 employees, marking the largest round of layoffs since Google’s inception.
Silicon Valley layoffs have become commonplace in the last several months as one after another announced they were letting staff go.