Google Canadian workers affected after their parent company sent layoff notices on Monday Alphabet It announced earlier this year that it was cutting 12,000 of its global workforce.
Google Canada spokeswoman Lauren Skelly said notifications had been sent employees affected from the cuts announced last month. It was not immediately clear how many Canadian jobs were affected.
Skelly said the company could not comment on layoffs.
“Canada remains an important priority market for GoogleSkelly told Global News in an email.
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Google, which has offices in Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal and Edmonton, announced last month it was laying off 12,000 employees, with many trying to trim staff amid economic uncertainty. Joining tech companies.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, informed employees on January 20 that the cuts were coming.
“We’ve seen a period of dramatic growth over the last two years,” Pichai said.
“To match and fuel that growth, we’ve hired for a different economic reality than we have today.”
He said the layoffs reflect a “rigorous review” of its operations by Google. Pichai said Alphabet was “deeply sorry” for the jobs being cut “across product areas, functions, levels and regions”.
It is one of the company’s largest rounds of layoffs and adds to thousands of other job losses announced by Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta. In January, at least 48,000 job cuts were announced by major tech companies.
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Layoffs in the industry continued on Monday. Dell Technologies Inc announced it will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, or five percent of its global workforce, as the PC maker grapples with falling demand and economic uncertainty.
When asked about the Canadian jobs, a Dell spokesperson told Global News in an email that the reductions would affect teams around the world, but did not have specific details to share.
“We have already started these conversations and (layoff) dates vary based on local laws and regulations. We have nothing further to add,” he said.
– With files from The Associated Press and Reuters
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