Google now joins a plethora of other tech companies announcing layoffs as part of the economic downturn, with 12,000 employees being let go in 2023.
One day after tech giant Microsoft announced that it is letting go of more than 10,000 of its global workforce, Alphabet Inc. (the parent company that owns Google) confirmed it is making a similar move.
In an internal memo initially shared with Google employees, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that the move would affect more than 12,000 Google employees worldwide. It is estimated that these cuts will affect nearly 6% of Google’s global workforce. Pichai made the official announcement in the form of an internal memo shared with Google employees, which was then shared on the company’s official blog.
In his memo, Pichai confirmed that all of the affected employees in the U.S. have already been notified about the change to their employment status. However, he added that the process is expected to take longer for Google employees outside of the U.S., given the complexities associated with international labor laws.
