Google was beloved as an employer for years. Then it laid off thousands by email

TL;DR

On the morning of January 20, one Google employee had to call tech support after getting hit with an unusual error message when they tried to log in to their work system. In interviews with CNN, more than half a dozen current and former Google employees, including several affected by the recent layoffs, described a company whose culture has been changing in big and subtle ways for years, including scaled back perks, reduced access to senior leadership and a focus on short-term business wins rather than long-term vision. About a month before the January layoffs, one former employee said Google painted “You Belong” on one of the walls in their working area

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