About 100 ex-employees who were laid off while on paid leaves are writing to Google asking the company to follow their agreements and pay the rest of the due amount on their leaves.
In January, Google announced its plans to lay off 12,000 employees following a change in the company’s priorities, where AI came first. While CEO, Sundar Pichai promised six months of paid healthcare, job placement, immigration support, and severance packages, ex-staff members who were on leave during the layoffs are still fighting to get their agreed amounts.
In a report to CNBC, former employees laid off while on medical and maternity leave are being rejected from further payments by Google. About 100 of the concerned employees formed a group called “Laid off on Leave” where they asked the company’s executives to pay them the agreed amount before the job cuts were announced. They added that Google is only paying them the standard severance and the amount due at their designated times, hence, excluding the pay for the rest of the leave.
The ex-employees have written three letters – the first being in January and the latest on March 9 – to Pichai and Chief People Officer Fiona Cicconi, however, none of the executives have responded. Furthermore, since the laid-off staff have lost access to internal communications channels, it has become increasingly difficult for them to contact the existing members.
