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- Google employees have just been hit by another round of layoffs.
- The poorly explained job cuts have left some employees feeling disgruntled.
- An intranet post calling management "corporate overlords" has proved popular, The Verge reported.
It's just days since Google employees were hit by another round of layoffs.
On Wednesday, the company laid off hundreds of staff working on Google Assistant, the activity tracker Fitbi, and its devices and services team members.
However, CEO Sundar Pichai has yet to address the new round of layoffs internally, according to a report by The Verge's Command Line.
The poorly-explained job cuts have left some employees disgruntled and lashing out against management.
A post on Google's internal meme board, Memegen, referring to Google leaders as "corporate overlords," has had thousands of upvotes, according to The Verge's report.
The popular post, which referenced Google's last round of job cuts, read: "Thank you, our corporate overlords, for our new annual tradition."
In a note to coworkers reviewed by The Verge, one engineering director affected by the cuts said the latest layoffs felt "extremely impersonal."
The director added that the new round of cold job reductions didn't come as a surprise: "Google culture changed dramatically last year with its first major round of layoffs, and I saw the writing on the wall."
The company cut 12,000 employees last January, or about 6% of its workforce.
In an early-morning email on January 20, 2023, Google told affected US staff that "we no longer have a job for you." Some laid-off workers previously told Business Insider they were dismayed by the abrupt and impersonal way the company let them go.
Representatives for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI, made outside normal working hours.
The new year has ushered in a wave of tech layoffs, with staffers at Amazon, Twitch, and Discord all affected by sweeping cuts.
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By: [email protected] (Beatrice Nolan)
Title: Google staff sound off about 'corporate overlords,' impersonal layoffs, and a changing company culture, report says
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/google-staff-complain-corporate-overlords-impersonal-layoffs-changing-culture-report-2024-1
Published Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:44:43 +0000
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