On Friday, Google became the most recent company to decrease its workforce by cutting the jobs of 12,000 of its employees.
To help employees cope with the “difficult news” of upcoming layoffs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has allowed remote work. Pichai announced the layoffs in an email to colleagues on Friday morning.
They affect around 6% of the company’s worldwide workforce, i.e., 12,000 people.
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“Please take good care of yourselves as you absorb this difficult news,” Pichai said. “As part of that, if you are just starting your work day, please feel free to work from home today.”
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Pichai stated that the layoffs affected all areas of Alphabet and that jobs were lost both in the USA and around the world.
“The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on me, and I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here,” he wrote.
Employees will receive six months of health care, job placement support, and immigration services in addition to a 16-week severance payout.
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With the economy continuing to decline, Google has joined other major technology firms in cutting off thousands of staff. Microsoft revealed earlier this week that it would be laying off 10,000 workers, and in November, Meta announced intentions to take off 11,000.
Twitter announced in the same month that it would lay off half of its approximately 8,000 employees.
On the other hand, when Elon Musk fired half of Twitter’s staff in November, many employees noticed they had lost their jobs because they could not access their work programs and communication channels.
In addition, Musk never provided an explanation for the layoffs or issued an apology.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, did apologize for the layoffs and offered 16 weeks of severance pay. He said that the company had hired too quickly during the pandemic.
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