May I have a word about … testing times for Facebook, Google and co | Jonathan Bouquet
by Jonathan Bouquet from Technology | The Guardian on (#42PEY)
Things must really be getting tricky for the tech giants if they have to resort to terminating their staff
Look, I know these are volatile times for the tech giants of Silicon Valley. There are the ongoing travails at Facebook and the worldwide demand that Mark Zuckerberg faces the music on his company's perceived unhealthy influence.
Share prices yo-yo wildly. In the space of just a few hours, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google lost a collective $172bn in value. Google employees have also turned militant, with staff walking out at 50 locations in protest against harassment and discrimination within the company.
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