Google parent firm Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs worldwide
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#680ZA)
Company is latest large US tech player to announce sweeping job losses as global outlook weakens
Google's parent company is to cut 12,000 jobs worldwide as it becomes the latest large US tech firm to reduce its workforce after a pandemic-related hiring boom.
Alphabet's chief executive, Sundar Pichai, said the redundancies followed a rigorous review" of the business. The cuts come days after Microsoft said it would cut 10,000 jobs, citing a shift in digital spending habits and weakness in the global economy.
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