January 20, 2023 - This will mean saying goodbye to some incredibly talented people we worked hard to hire and have loved working with. I’m deeply sorry for that. The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on me, and I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here.

January 20, 2023 - Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, said in an email sent to the company's staff Friday that the firm will lay off 12,000 employees.

June 5, 2024 - Google is one of many tech companies to implement layoffs in 2023 and 2024.

January 20, 2023 - Google is slashing 12,000 jobs and is the latest tech giant to announce sweeping layoffs amid recession fears.

February 4, 2025 - In January of 2023, Google laid off around 12,000 employees. Last year, the company laid off more than 1,000 more, though it handled it in a way that made it much harder to know the scale of those affected.

August 28, 2025 - These Google layoffs build on earlier job cuts. This includes the 6% workforce reductions at Google in 2023, and targeted layoffs in teams like Android and Pixel.

April 15, 2025 - This restructuring led to the dismissal of over 12,000 employees. The trend continued into 2024, with the company incurring $700 million in severance charges in January alone, impacting an additional 1,000-plus roles.

December 20, 2024 - The company’s cost-cutting push began in 2022, when Pichai announced the goal to make Google 20 per cent more efficient. The restructuring led to a historic round of layoffs in January 2023, with 12,000 employees losing their jobs.

January 23, 2023 - Google has just announced they’ll be laying off 12,000 people in 2023 · Many other tech companies announced layoffs in 2022, and it looks like the trend is going to continue through 2023

January 20, 2023 - Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Friday the company is planning to lay off 12,000 people, becoming the latest tech company to slash jobs after rapid expansion during the pandemic. The big picture: Tech layoffs started soaring late last year, becoming ...

November 12, 2024 - In March, the company announced it planned to lay off 9,000 employees, on top of 18,000 employees it said it would lay off in January 2023. Google is now locked in a fierce rivalry with Microsoft as both firms strive to lead in the artificial ...

January 30, 2024 - The search giant spent $2.1 billion on employee severance in 2023, according to its fourth-quarter earnings call, but reported growth across its ad, cloud, and services divisions.

January 24, 2023 - Software engineer Jeremy Joslin spent 20 years working as an employee at Google but was laid off in 2023. He is pictured here at the Google office in Mountain View in 2015 alongside his dog Scarlet.

January 20, 2023 - By Jeffrey DastinJanuary 20, 20232:09 PM UTCUpdated January 20, 2023 · Jan 20 (Reuters) - Google's parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), opens new tab is cutting about 12,000 jobs as it faces "a different economic reality", it said in a staff memo, ...

April 3, 2025 - The timing of the petition follows two consecutive years of major layoffs at Google. In January 2023, the company eliminated 12,000 jobs, and another wave of over 1,000 layoffs followed in early 2024.

January 24, 2023 - Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) announced recently that it's slashing 12,000 jobs—the company's largest-ever round of layoffs. The layoffs are set to affect the company across the board, but are likely to focus outside the company's core ...

March 21, 2023 - A third was waking up to demands from their toddler when their phone started to buzz with text messages asking, “Are you safe?” · The three employees, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity, were all among the 12,000 workers laid off ...

May 9, 2025 - In a statement to Reuters, Google ... to a growing list of job cuts across Google since early 2023, when the company slashed 12,000 jobs — 6% of its global workforce....

4 days ago - In 2024, there were 1,115 layoffs at tech companies w/ 239,101 people impacted (655 people per day). ... Bill Gates-backed Modern Hydrogen lays off most of its employees after decade-long pursuit of clean energy ... Google tells visa holders, incl.