Google’s Unexpected Layoff Warning Email Sent to everyone
No one is safe.
Introduction
On January 17th, Google sent a company wide email warning all their employees to expect layoffs coming soon. It was an unexpected unexpected email immediately following the company’s recent 1000+ layoffs.
As a Googler, we’ll explain all the details in that email but first we’ll go through Google’s last layoff looked like.
3:00 AM Email
Google had their last layoff exactly one year ago today on January 20th, 2023. This was a sudden email sent to every employee that the company decided to layoff +12,000 employees.
This was all done in a single day without any warning. What followed afterwards was an explanation that the “decision was random” and what their severance package looked like.
6 Months of pay
For every employee laid off last year, they each received an amazing total of 6…
