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Google’s parent company Alphabet said on Friday it would cut 12,000 jobs globally, citing a changing “economic reality”, becoming the latest US tech giant to enact large-scale restructuring.

“We hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today,” CEO Sundar Pichai said Friday in an email to staff that was also posted on the company’s news blog.

Google has more than 5,000 employees in the UK

The layoffs at Google follow similarly huge cuts at Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce. Tech companies who hired rapidly during the pandemic now face fears of recession.

It comes after other companies including Microsoft, Amazon and Meta recently announced plans to axe workers.

Google says it’s laying off 12,000 workers, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff after rapid expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic have worn off

The announcement comes amid uncertainty in the tech industry with many firms announcing job cuts

Company is latest large US tech player to announce sweeping job losses as global outlook weakens

Alphabet Inc is eliminating 12,000 jobs, its chief executive said in a staff memo shared with Reuters. The cuts mark the latest to shake the technology sector and come days after rival Microsoft Corp said it would lay off 10,000 workers. The job losses affect teams across the company including…

The tech giant has almost 6,000 staff in the UK

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