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Jan 23

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Why would Google, despite making huge profits, lay off 6% of its workforce?

IMAGE: A blackboard with the inscription “we are firing” in capital letters in white chalk
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Google is the latest technology company to announce mass layoffs, sacking some 12,000 workers, more than 6% of its global workforce, the biggest in its history. The move, which affects employees in the United States, will be followed by layoffs in other countries, where the process will take longer due to labor laws.

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