12,000 people were laid off violently! Google set off a storm of layoffs

On January 20, Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, announced layoffs of about 12,000 people, accounting for 6% of its global workforce, officially joining the army of layoffs in Silicon Valley. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email on Friday that the wave of layoffs will affect every company and every job in the world, writing: “I take full responsibility for the decision that has brought us to this point.” .” | Related Reading (Wall Street Insights)

Bao Buping

Since the second half of last year, as the Fed’s interest rate hikes have accelerated, technology stocks have begun to fall. Several large technology companies have already sensed the precursors of the cold winter. Microsoft and Google have also followed up, but it seems that the number of layoffs is not large. But after New Year’s Day this year, probably because of the predicted global recession, Microsoft began to announce that it would lay off 10,000 people at one go, and Google would soon lay off more than 10,000 people. It is conceivable that after Google and Microsoft, other companies should also adjust according to the economic expectations of the new year, and there may be more layoffs in Silicon Valley companies in the next step.

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