After announcing the company was laying off some 12,000 employees on Friday, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai put on his velvet glove and allowed those still at the company to work from home in order to help deal with the "difficult news."
In a memo to staff Friday—a version of which was shared on the company's blog—Pichai said the cuts, which account for roughly 6% of the company's staff, will be felt across Alphabet's product areas, business functions, hierarchy, and regions.
