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Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 17 Feb 2023, 04:53 am Print
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New York: Tech giant Google has sacked 453 employees from various departments in India on Thursday, media reports said.
Sources told The Hindu Businessline that a mail was sent out by Sanjay Gupta, Country Head and Vice President, Google India to the affected employees. Email sent with queries seeking comments from Google India did not elicit any reply.
Google’s parent organization Alphabet is laying off 12,000 employees or 6 percent of its workforce amid a grim growth outlook.
The announcement was made a day before, software giant Microsoft said it would lay off 10,000 workers.
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