Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe
After announcing the largest rounds of layoffs in their history, US big tech companies are now learning how difficult it is to reduce headcount in Europe.
Hasnain says:
“While the different standards of treatment have not created friction among Google employees spread around the world, “people have realized the way things happen in the US versus France and Germany” are different, says Parul Koul, executive chair of the Alphabet Workers Union and a software engineer at Google based in New York.
“It is inspiring for people in the US to see things are different in other places – it’s a blueprint for what people can fight for,” they added.”
Posted on 2023-04-06T14:06:33+0000