Google lays off worker during parental leave: ‘Fired while feeding baby at 2 am’
1 year, 10 months ago

Google lays off worker during parental leave: ‘Fired while feeding baby at 2 am’

Hindustan Times  

A Los Angeles-based lawyer was feeding his new-born child at 2 am when he received an email from internet behemoth Google - his employer - telling him he had been laid off after working as an associate product counsel for six months. Nicholas Dufau took to LinkedIn and wrote that he felt “"acutely expendable” for being laid off during his parental leave. Just three days before the virtual pink slip, Dufau had shared his joy at becoming a father with colleagues by posting a picture of him and his daughter on Google's Slack channel. Dufau later took to LinkedIn and said he felt 'acutely expendable and naive' for being laid off right after colleagues encouraged him to fully utilise available parental leave to spend time with his family. In the letter to employees sent by Google CEO Sundar Pichai announcing layoffs, it said that the company had undertaken a rigorous review across product areas and functions to ensure that the people and roles are aligned with the highest priorities as a company.

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Laid Off After 13 Years, Former Google Employee Starts Career Coaching Firm; Details Here
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Laid Off After 13 Years, Former Google Employee Starts Career Coaching Firm; Details Here

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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’

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Google employee laid off during maternity leave, says she is 'devastated'
1 year, 2 months ago

Google employee laid off during maternity leave, says she is 'devastated'

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Pregnant ‘Googler’ impacted by layoffs at parent firm Alphabet: 'Had amazing 2 years’
1 year, 3 months ago

Pregnant ‘Googler’ impacted by layoffs at parent firm Alphabet: 'Had amazing 2 years’

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Google News Director Madhav Chinnappa Has Been Laid Off
1 year, 4 months ago

Google News Director Madhav Chinnappa Has Been Laid Off

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Madhav Chinnappa, Google’s Director of News Ecosystem Development has been sacked by the tech giant. To recall, layoffs across tech and IT majors have been taking place across tech giants Twitter, Facebook parent Meta, Google and Tech Mahindra, among others. Earlier last month, Google's mapping service app, Waze, is reportedly undergoing job cuts as the company aims to streamline operations …

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 sacks married couple with 4-month-old baby; woman was on maternity leave
1 year, 11 months ago

Google sacks married couple with 4-month-old baby; woman was on maternity leave

Hindustan Times  

A married couple working with Google was fired as part of the tech giant’s mass layoffs while the woman was on maternity leave, according to a Business Insider report. On January 22, Google’s parent company Alphabet said it would lay off nearly 6% of its staff or 12,000 employees. The couple praised their coworkers and Google’s employee benefits, especially the …

Big, Faceless Employers See You As 100% Disposable: Former Google Employee After Being Fired At 3 AM
1 year, 11 months ago

Big, Faceless Employers See You As 100% Disposable: Former Google Employee After Being Fired At 3 AM

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Around 12,000 employees were laid off by Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc who were informed about the decision by the CEO of the tech giant Sundar Pichai in a memo. “So after over 16.5 years at Google, I appear to have been let go via an automated account deactivation at 3 am this morning as one of the lucky 12,000. …

Employee laid off at 3 am after more than 16 years with Google: ‘100% disposable...’
1 year, 11 months ago

Employee laid off at 3 am after more than 16 years with Google: ‘100% disposable...’

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‘Big, faceless’ companies such as Google see employees as ‘100% disposable,’ said an Engineering Manager at the tech giant, who saId he is among the 12,000 employees who are being let go by Alphabet Inc, the parent company of the Mountain View-headquartered firm. Representational Image The employee, Justin Moore, described his more than 16 years with Google as a ‘largely …

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