A laid-off Googler says colleagues should 'find perspective' about the recent layoffs: 'No one died. Seriously'

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 staff would be laid off.

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A Google employee of 11 years says he and his wife stared at each other in 'disbelief' when they realized they'd both been laid off by the company

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, said on Friday around 12,000 jobs would be cut.

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Googlers prize 'psychological safety,' but it won't save them from layoffs

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Google is cutting 6% of its workforce.

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A Google engineer of 8 years says his 'spidey-senses' detected incoming layoffs — and felt 'isolated' when his 'faceless' severance email arrived

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced mass layoffs at Google on Friday.

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I just got laid off from Google by email. The 'cold' and 'inhuman' way they treated employees is why I'm not going to reapply.

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Google laid off 12,000 workers on Friday following mass job cuts from Amazon and Microsoft.

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