Google’s parent company Alphabet will lay off 12 thousand people! Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced that it will lay off 12,000 employees. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, in his message to company employees, stated that they have made a difficult decision to prepare the company for the future.
“WE DECIDED TO REDUCE OUR WORKFORCE OF APPROXIMATELY 12 THOUSAND PEOPLE”
“We decided to reduce our workforce by about 12,000 people,” Pichai said. used the phrase. Stating that the dismissed employees in the USA have already been informed, Pichai stated that the processes of the employees who are planned to be dismissed in other countries will take longer due to local laws and practices.
“I TAKE ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DECISIONS THAT BROUGHT US HERE”
“The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on me, and I take full responsibility for the decisions that have brought us here,” Pichai said. made its assessment.
Noting that they have experienced a dramatic growth period in the last 2 years, Pichai stated that the economic reality they face today is different.
THE WAVE OF LAYOUT IS GROWING IN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
While rising inflation and a possible recession are causing concerns in the tech industry, many tech companies, especially in the US, started to decide to lay off thousands of people or take a break from new hires last year.
Among these companies, the presence of leading companies in the technology sector such as Meta and Amazon was also noteworthy.
Finally, one of the US technology giants, Microsoft, announced that it would lay off 10 thousand employees.
According to the data of Layoffs.fyi, which tracks layoffs in the technology sector, technology companies have laid off more than 190,000 employees since the beginning of 2022.
(Source: AA)