Google China Now Starts Laying Off Employees

Google is now shedding staff in China which have hit senior positions and high-paying employees as a part of the worldwide announcement, the media reported on Monday.

The goal of the corporate is to “reset the wage customary and cut back working prices whereas enhancing general work effectivity”, reports Pandaily.

The compensations include stock and annual leave discount and 30,000 yuan ($4,339) in cash and medical insurance, and these benefits can only be obtained by signing the agreement of leaving the company before March 10, the report noted.

“In addition, Google has provided a three-month buffer period for laid-off employees, during which they cannot work but will continue to be paid normally,” it added.

Alphabet, Google’s father or mother firm, not too long ago laid off 12,000 employees and even 100 robots that cleaned its cafeterias at its headquarters. The firm sacked about 400 staff in India as a part of the worldwide announcement.

On January 20, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed in a letter to staff that about 12,000 individuals might be laid off globally, accounting for greater than 6 per cent of the overall workforce.

Several Google staff went to social media, particularly LinkedIn, to share their plight.

Denying that the layoffs have been finished “randomly”, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai had said that he is “deeply sorry” for lowering the workforce.

In an e-mail to staff, Pichai stated he takes “full accountability for the choices that led us right here”.

The layoffs at Google’s parent company were expected amid the deepening funding winter that has hit companies of all sizes in the global slowdown and recession fears.

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