Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week’s Gaza protest, group says
8 months ago

Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week’s Gaza protest, group says

LA Times  

A rally outside Google’s Seattle office on April 16 protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with Israel. Google fired additional workers this week, after it initially terminated 28 people who it said participated in recent protests against the company’s work in Israel. Business Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel Dozens of Google employees stage sit-ins in California and New York, calling for the company to end its cloud computing contract with Israel’s military amid war with Hamas. After the protests and sit-ins, Google last week said it had fired the first 28 employees for violating company policy governing employee conduct and harassment. “I wanted to support my co-workers who have been harassed for standing up against this project.” Google has said that its technology is used to support numerous governments around the world, including Israel’s, and that the Nimbus contract is for work running on its commercial cloud network, with the Israeli government ministries agreeing to comply with Google’s terms of service and acceptable use policy.

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Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fire Nearly 100 Employees From Cloud Division, Says Report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fire Nearly 100 Employees From Cloud Division, Says Report

ABP News  

Google Layoffs: Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly laying off multiple employees across several teams within Google’s cloud division, which is one of its fastest-growing sectors. Individuals familiar with the matter told the publication that some of those affected by the layoffs had been involved in planning and executing Google's annual event, Google Cloud Next, which took place in mid-April. …

Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Google developer conference amid Israel-Hamas war
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Google developer conference amid Israel-Hamas war

LA Times  

A group of protesters blocked the entrance to Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference in Mountain View, Calif. Dozens of protesters blocked the entrance of Google’s developer conference in Mountain View, Calif., for roughly 90 minutes on Tuesday, demanding that the tech giant drop its work with the Israeli government amid the country’s war with Hamas in the Gaza …

Sundar Pichai Can Say He Doesn’t Want That, But ...: Here's What Google Employees Sacked Over Israel Protests Claims
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sundar Pichai Can Say He Doesn’t Want That, But ...: Here's What Google Employees Sacked Over Israel Protests Claims

ABP News  

After Google fired 50 employees for protesting the company's governmental collaboration with Israel, the employees took legal action by lodging a complaint with the US labour board, reported The Times Of India. In their complaint, the former Google employees claimed that the company's decision to terminate them constituted an infringement upon their rights protected under US labour law, particularly their …

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fires 200 Employees From Core Team, Plans To Relocate Roles To India And Mexico
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fires 200 Employees From Core Team, Plans To Relocate Roles To India And Mexico

ABP News  

Layoffs at Google do not seem to stop anytime soon; now, the tech giant has fired its workforce by nearly 200 employees from its "core team" and shifted specific roles overseas as part of cost-cutting measures. The core team at Google is responsible for crafting the "technical underpinnings powering the company's leading products," in addition to ensuring online user safety …

Google employee's shocking ordeal: Fired for watching protests for just 'four minutes'
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google employee's shocking ordeal: Fired for watching protests for just 'four minutes'

Hindustan Times  

Google layoffs: In April, Google fired 28 employees following protests against the company's cloud computing contract Project Nimbus. Reportedly, some employees also Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office and were arrested. But a report claimed that Google did not just fire protesting employees as some others who were merely watching the protests also lost their jobs. A former Google employee …

Former Google Employees Claim Illegal Firings Over Protest Against Israel Contract
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Google Employees Claim Illegal Firings Over Protest Against Israel Contract

ABP News  

A group of ex-Google employees has lodged a formal complaint with a labour board in the United States, alleging that the technology giant unlawfully terminated their employment due to their participation in protests against Google's cloud contract with the Israeli government regarding the project Nimbus, according to a news agency Reuters report. The group noted that the complaint asserts Google's …

Google layoffs: Company cuts more jobs in these key teams citing reorganisation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google layoffs: Company cuts more jobs in these key teams citing reorganisation

Hindustan Times  

Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai's Google is on a layoff spree- in line with the larger job cuts in the tech sector which has seen little signs of slowing down this year. Google layoffs: Google CEO Sundar Pichai is seen, The company is cutting jobs in key teams as layoffs continue this year. Google spokesperson Alex García-Kummert said as per the …

Google has fired over 50 employees after internal protest over company's Israeli defense contract: Story in 5 points
8 months ago

Google has fired over 50 employees after internal protest over company's Israeli defense contract: Story in 5 points

India Today  

Google recently terminated 20 more employees who participated in protests against the company's involvement in an Israeli defence contract. Here is the story in five points: The protests intensified as a group of employees occupied Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office for over eight hours. Subsequently, Google terminated an additional 20 employees categorised as "non-participating bystanders" by the protest organisers. …

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
8 months ago

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel

Associated Press  

Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said. Then, on Tuesday night, Google fired “over 20” more staffers, “including non-participating bystanders during last week’s protests,” said …

Google Fires Dozens Of Employees Who Protested $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
8 months ago

Google Fires Dozens Of Employees Who Protested $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Google has fired more than two dozen employees who publicly protested against the tech giant’s controversial $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with Israel, as institutions face increased pressure to divest from a government whose U.S.-funded military is in its sixth month of attacking Gaza. Organized by No Tech for Apartheid, the employees participated in a 10-hour sit-in …

Google lays off 28 workers protesting $1.2 billion Nimbus project with Israel, issues stern warning
8 months ago

Google lays off 28 workers protesting $1.2 billion Nimbus project with Israel, issues stern warning

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services. The protests, which were led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place Tuesday across Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and …

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract
8 months ago

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract

The Independent  

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Google Sacks 28 Employees Over Anti-Israel Protest
8 months ago

Google Sacks 28 Employees Over Anti-Israel Protest

ABP News  

Google has sacked 28 employees who participated in sit-in protests at its offices. This Google Layoff occurred after the suspension and subsequent arrest of 9 Google employees in the US earlier this week, according to a report by The Verge. These 28 employees were protesting against a $1.2 billion Google Cloud contract with the Israeli government. We will continue to …

Google fires 28 employees involved in protest against $1.2 Billion Israel contract
8 months ago

Google fires 28 employees involved in protest against $1.2 Billion Israel contract

Op India  

Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. According to a New York Post report, the pro-Palestinian employees donning traditional Arab headscarves had stormed and occupied the office of a top executive in California on Tuesday, …

Google fires 28 employees after they were arrested over anti-Israel protest
8 months ago

Google fires 28 employees after they were arrested over anti-Israel protest

Hindustan Times  

Google has laid off 28 employees who participated in a sit-down protest over the company’s “$1.2 billion agreement with Israel.” The dismissals follow a series of events in which employees, some of whom wore traditional Arab headscarves, marched to the office of Google’s top cloud executive in California, while others held sit-ins at Google’s New York City headquarters. Google employees …

Google layoffs: Company announces second major round of job cuts in 2024 saying ‘change is difficult’
8 months ago

Google layoffs: Company announces second major round of job cuts in 2024 saying ‘change is difficult’

Hindustan Times  

Google layoffs: Tech giant Google announced major restructuring plans that could result in some employees getting fired, as per a report. Ruth Porat, chief financial officer at Google, sent a memo to employees informing them about company’s new plans, CNBC reported. Google didn't confirm the exact number of employees being let go in the latest round of layoffs but the …

Google layoffs: Tech giant cuts more jobs as part of restructuring
8 months ago

Google layoffs: Tech giant cuts more jobs as part of restructuring

India Today  

Tech giant Google has cut an unspecified number of jobs as part of its effort to restructure some teams, reported Business Insider. Teams across Google’s finance and real estate units have been affected, said two current employees quoted in the report. One individual quoted in the report said the finance departments impacted include Google's Treasury, Business Services, and Revenue Cash …

Google fires 28 employees protesting against contract with Israel government
8 months ago

Google fires 28 employees protesting against contract with Israel government

India TV News  

Google has fired 28 of its employees who were protesting against Google's contract with the Israeli government. These employees were opposing “Project Nimbus”, which is a USD 1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. “The company takes this extremely seriously, and we will continue to apply our longstanding policies to take …

Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract
8 months ago

Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract

LA Times  

Google has terminated 28 employees after dozens of workers participated in sit-ins inside company offices this week to protest the tech giant’s work in Israel amid the war against Hamas in Gaza. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.” In a statement on Thursday night, Google said all of the 28 people whose employment was terminated …

Anti-Israel Google employees arrested after occupying CEO's office with demands against ‘apartheid state’
8 months, 1 week ago

Anti-Israel Google employees arrested after occupying CEO's office with demands against ‘apartheid state’

Hindustan Times  

Google employees with anti-Israel demands of ceasing “business with the Israeli apartheid government and military” were arrested on Tuesday after they took over Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's California office. Google employees arrested from Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's California office. They've also pushed the organisation to focus on the “health and safety crisis” that caused concern among all those …

Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel
8 months, 1 week ago

Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel

LA Times  

Employees take part in a sit-in at the Google’s New York office to protest the tech giant’s work with Israel. Dozens of Google employees held sit-ins Tuesday at the tech giant’s New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif., offices to protest the company’s work with Israel. The employees participating in the sit-ins wore shirts that said “Drop Project Nimbus” and a …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares staff for further job cuts this year
11 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares staff for further job cuts this year

India TV News  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has informed employees to expect additional job cuts this year. Message from Sundar Pichai Pichai stated in the memo that despite having ambitious goals and plans for significant investments this year, tough choices and job cuts are necessary to create the capacity for these initiatives. Additional Job Cuts in Advertising Sales Following the recent layoffs, Google …

Google announces fresh layoffs, says we regret to inform you: Read full email sent to 1,000 employees
11 months, 1 week ago

Google announces fresh layoffs, says we regret to inform you: Read full email sent to 1,000 employees

India Today  

Google has announced another round of fresh layoffs and if reports are to be believed, as many as 1,000 employees have been fired. The email says that outplacement services are being offered to laid-off Google employees and state unemployment information as well. Please take a moment to review the information on the Offboarding Site, including essential tasks you need to …

Google employee laid off after 19 years of service shares ordeal: ‘Layoffs suck’
11 months, 1 week ago

Google employee laid off after 19 years of service shares ordeal: ‘Layoffs suck’

Hindustan Times  

A Google employee who worked for 19 years at the search engine giant, found itself fired in the company's latest round of layoffs. Hundreds of employees across hardware and engineering departments in Google will be laid off Taking to social media platform X, Kevin Bourrillion posted,"End of an era! After 19 years of working at @Google, with more than 16 …

Google lays off hundreds of employees, fires Fitbit co-founders amid cost cutting
11 months, 1 week ago

Google lays off hundreds of employees, fires Fitbit co-founders amid cost cutting

Hindustan Times  

Google announced on Wednesday that it is laying off hundreds of employees across multiple departments, including engineering and hardware. Google has announced that it will cut hundreds of jobs across multiple teams Google is implementing job cuts across several teams as a cost cutting measure for the company. The reorganization of certain teams comes at a time when companies like …

Google lays off 40-45 staff from its news division: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Google lays off 40-45 staff from its news division: Report

Live Mint  

Tech giant Google has laid off about 40-45 staff from its news division this week, a report by CNBC has stated. A spokesperson for the Alphabet Workers Union who was unable to provide an exact number of layoffs stated that 40 and 45 employees of Google News had lost their employment, the report said. The spokesperson also said added that …

‘Google has no scruples.’ Employees protest Google Cloud conference over Israel military contract
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Google has no scruples.’ Employees protest Google Cloud conference over Israel military contract

LA Times  

Google workers and local activists protested Tuesday at the annual Google Cloud Next conference, convened at the Mascone Center in downtown San Francisco. The protesters, among them former Google employees and local community activists, unfurled a large banner reading, “Google Project Nimbus fuels Israeli apartheid.” More than a dozen current Google workers positioned themselves nearby, passing out fliers explaining their …

Software engineer fired by Google India says she doesn't have words to explain her feelings
1 year, 10 months ago

Software engineer fired by Google India says she doesn't have words to explain her feelings

India Today  

Google has started firing Indian employees across all offices in the country. Although Google hasn’t revealed any official details about the layoffs yet, many impacted employees have taken to LinkedIn to announce that they have been impacted by the layoffs. Furthermore, the former Google employee noted that she is looking for a new role in "Data Architect, Solution Architect, Data …

Google employee fired after 15 years of service, says she was abruptly disconnected from video call
1 year, 10 months ago

Google employee fired after 15 years of service, says she was abruptly disconnected from video call

India Today  

Getting fired from your workplace can be one of the most stressful experiences of life. However, one day, she suddenly got disconnected from a video call and realised that the only employer that she had ever known had made the decision to fire her. Google employee laid off after 15 years of service The woman, who was working in Google's …

Google India Terminates More Than 400 Employees Amid Global Overhaul
1 year, 10 months ago

Google India Terminates More Than 400 Employees Amid Global Overhaul

News 18  

Google India has handed over pink slips to more than 400 employees and some of the impacted workers took to LinkedIn to share their plight. The layoffs at Google India were part of the larger job cuts that impacted 12,000 workers globally at the company. Kamal Dave, an account manager at Google’s Gurugram office, wrote on LinkedIn: “I was a …

Google India Fires 453 Employees From Various Departments: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Google India Fires 453 Employees From Various Departments: Report

ABP News  

US tech major Google is learnt to have sacked 453 employees from various departments in India on late Thursday night, citing sources privy to the development, Businessline reported. Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, had also mailed the employees stating that he takes “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here." Pichai also said the company had undertaken …

Layoffs at Google India? 453 employees terminated in late-night move, says report
1 year, 10 months ago

Layoffs at Google India? 453 employees terminated in late-night move, says report

Hindustan Times  

As many as 453 people working for Google in India were laid off 'late at night on Thursday,' according to a report, which also said the layoffs took place across various departments. Representational Image Those terminated received a mail from Sanjay Gupta, Google India's Country Head and Vice President, informing them of their termination, the report, published by the Business …

Google India fires 453 employees across various departments: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Google India fires 453 employees across various departments: Report

Live Mint  

Google India has reportedly fired 453 employees across various departments. It is not currently clear if the layoffs in Google India part of the earlier announced cuts or a new new round of layoffs. He even said in a recent town hall meeting to the Google staff that all roles above "senior vice president" level will witness a significant reduction …

Google staff in Switzerland’s Zurich stage walkout over layoffs
1 year, 10 months ago

Google staff in Switzerland’s Zurich stage walkout over layoffs

Live Mint  

About 250 employees from Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google in Zurich walked out Wednesday to protest the company’s decision last month to cut about 6% of its global workforce. The workers, with support from trade union Syndicom, walked away from their desks before lunchtime and assembled with placards outside one of two Google offices in the Swiss city, according to union …

Google worker says he was fired for rejecting senior female colleague's sexual advances
1 year, 10 months ago

Google worker says he was fired for rejecting senior female colleague's sexual advances

Op India  

As per a lawsuit filed in November last year, a former Google employee Ryan Olohan has claimed that the tech giant fired him after he resisted the advances of a senior female coworker. Ryan Olohan, in the lawsuit, further alleged that Miller became so vindictive after Ryan’s complaint about the 2019 incident to the HR department that she filed bogus …

Google laid off HR while he was in the middle of a call. Read his post
1 year, 10 months ago

Google laid off HR while he was in the middle of a call. Read his post

Hindustan Times  

A Dublin-based recruiter, who was hiring candidates for Google, has revealed he got laid off as part of the company's recently-announced drive to layoff 6% of its workforce, with his termination coming while he was in the middle of a call. The logo of Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in New York City, U.S. Dan Lanigan …

Google defends mass layoffs, senior HR says no one is safe from change in our careers
1 year, 11 months ago

Google defends mass layoffs, senior HR says no one is safe from change in our careers

India Today  

Google on Monday organised a companywide meeting on Monday, hardly three days after the company fired roughly 12,000 employees. The report indicates that existing employees expressed displeasure with the way Google fired staff last week without any prior warning. Fiona Cicconi, Google's chief people officer, clarified that the company looked at areas where the work was necessary before deciding who …

Google employees who lost jobs feel layoff was not based on performance, Sundar Pichai clarifies
1 year, 11 months ago

Google employees who lost jobs feel layoff was not based on performance, Sundar Pichai clarifies

India Today  

Ever since Google broke the news of firing as many as 12,000 employees, many workers have been confused about how the company plans to do it as they were not informed about it. Nicole Tsai, who was a program manager at Google, said in a TikTok video that the layoffs were “random” and that employees were “blindsided” as it is …

Indian Google employee laid off in 10 months of joining, holds H1B visa and has limited time to find a new job
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian Google employee laid off in 10 months of joining, holds H1B visa and has limited time to find a new job

India Today  

Big tech layoffs, whether at Google or Amazon, have been brutal as most employees were informed abruptly, and in some cases, on a Friday right before the start of the weekend. The layoff has also affected many Indian workers in the US who now have to find a job in less than two months to save their H1-B visa. After …

'Any big tech hiring?' asks Techie laid-off by Google, Snap, Amazon in 4 months
1 year, 11 months ago

'Any big tech hiring?' asks Techie laid-off by Google, Snap, Amazon in 4 months

Hindustan Times  

Riding on the tide of layoff, many companies have downsized their workforce in recent times. All top companies including Amazon, Google and Facebook has undertaken mass layoff as they struggle to maintain the demand which got inflated during Covid. In one such instance, a software engineer has revealed that he was fired from Google, Snap and Amazon, the three tech …

After 16 years of service, Google fires employee by deactivating his account in the middle of the night
1 year, 11 months ago

After 16 years of service, Google fires employee by deactivating his account in the middle of the night

India Today  

The reports of layoffs have wreaked havoc in the technology industry. However, he also shared a valuable life lesson he learned from his layoff: work should not consume your entire life, and employers, even big ones like Google, can be ruthless. He urged others to "live life, not work.” “This also just drives home that work is not your life, …

Google to axe 12,000 workers; CEO Pichai says sorry
1 year, 11 months ago

Google to axe 12,000 workers; CEO Pichai says sorry

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW YORK: Google will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe, its CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Friday, becoming the latest tech giant after Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon to retrench staff en mass amid the global economic downturn. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today,” Pichai said in …

Google to lay off 12,000 workers; CEO Sundar Pichai says 'sorry'
1 year, 11 months ago

Google to lay off 12,000 workers; CEO Sundar Pichai says 'sorry'

India TV News  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday announced the tech giant will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe. Pichai said he was confident about the huge opportunity for the company due to "our early investments in AI” for which Google would need to make tough choices. The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on …

Google employee resigns saying company ‘silences Palestinians’
2 years, 3 months ago

Google employee resigns saying company ‘silences Palestinians’

Al Jazeera  

Ariel Koren had spoken out about a $1.2bn collaboration between Google, Amazon and the Israeli military called Project Nimbus. And this is far from an isolated instance.https://t.co/V4y05kOYQv pic.twitter.com/eRMrzTPYfb — Ariel Koren August 30, 2022 The controversy began when Koren protested Google’s $1.2bn collaboration with Amazon and the Israeli military on a programme called Project Nimbus. “Google is aggressively pursuing military …

Work hard or get ready for layoffs: Google to its employees
2 years, 4 months ago

Work hard or get ready for layoffs: Google to its employees

India Today  

Just a few days ago, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company has too many employees but too few work. As per the report, some of the top Google executives have warned employees to either show results or get ready for "there will be blood on the streets". The publication reported that Google Cloud sales leadership has threatened Google …

A worker objected to Google’s Israel military contract. Google told her to move to Brazil
2 years, 9 months ago

A worker objected to Google’s Israel military contract. Google told her to move to Brazil

LA Times  

More than 500 Google workers are backing a colleague who has accused the tech giant of retaliation over her objections to a corporate contract with the Israeli military. The workers have signed a petition accusing Google leadership of “unjustly retaliating” against Ariel Koren, a product marketing manager at Google for Education, for voicing criticism of Project Nimbus, a $1.2-billion contract …

Google To Cut Salaries, Terminate Services Of Employees Who Don't Follow Covid-19 Vaccine Policies: Report
3 years ago

Google To Cut Salaries, Terminate Services Of Employees Who Don't Follow Covid-19 Vaccine Policies: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: Alphabet-owned Google has informed employees, through a memo, that they would lose their salaries and eventually be fired if they do not follow the company's COVID-19 vaccination policies amid a rising Omicron threat, media reports said. The company said after that date it would start contacting employees who hadn’t uploaded their status or were unvaccinated, as well as …

Google to stop paying salary to unvaccinated employees, fire them from company
3 years ago

Google to stop paying salary to unvaccinated employees, fire them from company

India Today  

Google seems to have zero tolerance for employees who are not following the Covid rules. In the memo obtained by CNBC, Google gave a deadline till December 3 to its employees to submit the vaccination details. Google in the memo said that the employees who fail to comply with the vaccination rules by Jan 18 will be placed on “paid …

Google employees urge firm to support Palestinians: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Google employees urge firm to support Palestinians: Report

Al Jazeera  

A Jewish employee group calls on the company’s CEO to condemn harm done by the Israeli military to Palestinians. A group of Jewish Google employees has called on the company to condemn the actions of the Israeli military amid the ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip and to support Palestinians, according to a report. In an internal letter, the employees …

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