Google on Friday became the latest technology firm to announce layoffs,releasing roughly 12,000 workerslast week. The cuts represent just over 6% of parent-company Alphabet's workforce, which numbered 186,000 as of September, according to a securities filing. The Silicon Valley giant added thousan...
Google and Alphabet finance chief Ruth Porat responded to a couple employee questions in Monday's town hall that addressed its recent layoff. Executives said 750 senior leaders were involved in the process, adding it took a few weeks to determine who would be laid off. “We have over 30,00...
The 43 YouTube contractors, who work for Cognizant and Google to oversee content for the music-streaming service’s 80 million subscribers, voted unanimously almost a year ago to form a union under the auspices of Alphabet Workers Union-CWA. They’ve complained of hourly wages ...
Waymo’s cuts will affect 8% of its workforce, sources familiar with the matter toldReutersandThe InformationWednesday, bringing the total number of employees laid off at the company this year to 209, after its parent company Alphabet—which is also the parent company of Google—announced a mas...