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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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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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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Tech giants are laying off thousands of people. Here's how their severance packages stack up.

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

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Gen Z job hunters are more worried about a company's reputation than layoffs, survey says

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Gen Z is making its mark on the workplace.

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A CEO quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in an email to employees announcing layoffs. It did not go over well.

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PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in an email announcing layoffs.

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The hits keep coming: WeWork, Vacasa, and Compass all started 2023 with layoffs as the US housing market solidifies its downward trend. Here are 58 companies that have shed jobs.

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Google let go of 31 massage therapists at its California offices amid mass layoffs

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27 massage therapists were laid off from Google's Mountain View office, pictured above.

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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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