layoff stories

Google my one and only career, says employee laid off after over 16 years of job

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Riding on the tide of tech layoffs, Google fired 12,000 employees accounting 6% of its workforce last month in bid to what CEO Sundar Pichai said is to avoid “much worse issues”. This forced employees to go through a stressful period of job hunting. Several laid-off tech workers are now taking to social media to … Read more

‘Why me? Why now?’: Google fires manager who is 8-months pregnant

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Businesses all over the world have resorted to layoffs in order to restructure their operations. The sudden disruption – especially in tech firms – is leaving employees in a very uncertain situation. Many of them are sharing their experiences on social media. The massive retrenchment exercises have been linked to recruitments made during the pandemic … Read more