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Global search engine Google will reduce its workforce by 12 000 roles. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement in an email sent to ...

“Being constrained in some areas allows us to bet big on others. Outside the US, Google will support employees in line with local practices, he indicates. Meta, Twitter, and Salesforce are some of the global giants that announced massive job cuts in 2022. Your contributions have been invaluable and we are grateful for them.” “This will mean saying goodbye to some incredibly talented people we worked hard to hire and have loved working with. Pichai states that they’ve seen periods of dramatic growth over the past two years.

Other job cuts in the US tech industry in recent months include 18,000 redundancies at Amazon, 11,000 at the Facebook owner, Meta, and 8,000 at the business ...

The co-chief executive of the software firm Salesforce Marc Benioff said this month: “We hired too many people leading into this economic downturn we’re now facing.” Pichai said in his statement that Google was well prepared to take advantages of developments in artificial intelligence. “We have a substantial opportunity in front of us with AI across our products and are prepared to approach it boldly and responsibly,” he wrote. The chief executive and founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, said expectations that the pandemic would lead to a sustained rise in revenue “did not play out the way I expected”. “Over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. The company also owns YouTube and the Android mobile operating system.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, said on Friday that the company plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 12000 positions.

And Facebook parent Meta [announced 11,000 job cuts](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/11/09/meta-layoffs-facebook-parent/8313462001/), or 13% of its workforce, in November. In the U.S., employees who are laid off will be paid for the notification period (60 days), 2022 bonuses and remaining vacation time. [announced 10,000 job cuts](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/18/microsoft-layoffs-10000-employees-stock/11074235002/), or nearly 5% of its workforce. Earlier this week, Amazon began laying off thousands of employees. [Microsoft to lay off 10,000 employees starting Wednesday; roughly 5% of workforce affected](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/18/microsoft-layoffs-10000-employees-stock/11074235002/) 4, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy The jobs being eliminated will be "cut across Alphabet, product areas, functions, levels and regions," he said. [Amazon begins next round of layoffs, as tech giant cuts total of more than 18,000 jobs](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/18/amazon-layoffs-18000-employees/11076820002/) "Over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. "This will mean saying goodbye to some incredibly talented people we worked hard to hire and have loved working with. I’m deeply sorry for that," Pichai wrote. [joining other tech giants](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/18/amazon-layoffs-18000-employees/11076820002/) who are downsizing staff by the thousands.

Google stock climbed after parent Alphabet said it will cut 12000 jobs, adding to a growing wave of layoffs among U.S. tech companies.

[On the stock market today](https://www.investors.com/stock-market-today/?), Google stock popped nearly 4% to 96.66 in morning action. [MSFT](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=MSFT)), which announced plans Wednesday to lay off 10,000 employees, or about 4.5% of its workforce. Also, in the first nine months of 2022, the company added about 30,300 employees versus 21,000 in 2021 and 16,000 in 2020. Much of the hiring has been at Google's cloud computing business. [GOOGL](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=GOOGL)) on Friday said it will cut 12,000 jobs, or roughly 6% of its global workforce, adding to a growing wave of layoffs among U.S. In the September quarter, Alphabet added 12,765 employees, which was above Wall Street estimates. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, in an email sent to the search giant's workforce on Friday, said U.S. Google stock popped on the announcement, which follows a recent hiring spree at the company. "Over the past two years we've seen periods of dramatic growth. To fully capture it, we'll need to make tough choices." They cut across Alphabet, product areas, functions, levels and regions." layoffs will begin immediately.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound effects, both globally and on a highly personal level. Now, researchers from Japan have ...

(2023) Proposed Cut-Off Score for the Japanese Version of the Fear of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Scale (FCV-19S): Evidence from a Large-Scale National Survey in Japan. "Our results show that this cut-off value is moderately accurate in identifying individuals with daily life disturbances due to the fear of COVID-19," says Professor Midorikawa. The survey assessed mental status and asked participants how the fear of COVID-19 has affected their work, care of their home, or interaction with other people. While the FCV-19S is easy to use, only the Greek version of this scale has an established cut-off value that determines whether an individual's fear and anxiety are clinically significant. "The results showed that approximately one third of participants were in moderate or severe psychological distress," states Dr Haruhiko Midorikawa, lead author. Fear of COVID-19 can be associated with severe psychological distress, and several tools for measuring fear and anxiety about the disease have been developed.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is cutting 12000 jobs worldwide in the latest round of layoffs to hit the technology sector.

[according to the Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-parent-alphabet-to-cut-12-000-jobs-11674210626?mod=hp_lead_pos1), which cited a [website](https://layoffs.fyi/) that has been tracking the job cuts. But that rapid growth also brought with it surging inflation, a phenomenon that prompted the Federal Reserve to begin [aggressively hiking interest rates](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/interest-rate-increase-december-2022-federal-reserve-how-much-rcna61297). [The job cuts](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/white-collar-layoffs-rising-which-companies-economic-slowdown-rcna59846) mark an abrupt end to a period of rapid hiring in the tech sector that coincided with the economic boom amid the pandemic. [amid a slowing global economy](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/inflation-rate-december-2022-usa-interest-rate-hikes-analysis-rcna64914). is cutting 12,000 jobs worldwide in the [latest round of layoffs ](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/another-tech-bubble-bursts-2022-brutal-silicon-valley-workers-rcna56435)to hit the technology sector. It was not immediately clear which teams would be affected, but they are expected to affect workers in the United States and globally, according to Pichai's note.

Angola's central bank became the first in the world to reduce interest rates this year as it forecasts inflation to slow further.

A new study has found that Germany could save almost three times more carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought by introducing a speed limit on its ...

To meet its 2022 greenhouse reduction target, the sector's emissions should have not exceeded 138.7 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents. The transport ministry said the study also showed that a general speed limit would lead to a shift in traffic from the motorways to secondary roads, leading to more traffic jams and more accidents in cities and on rural roads with more noise and environmental pollutants for their residents. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Google's parent Alphabet Inc is eliminating about 12000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, it said Friday, as Silicon Valley reels from recent layoffs and faces ...

The company faces competitive and regulatory threats as well, she said. Among those facing cuts included recruiters, corporate staff, engineering and product teams, he said. company, which has long been the leader in key areas of AI research. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Alphabet's layoffs followed a review of its people and priorities, leading to layoffs across geographies, he said. Still, he said, Google was gearing up "to share some entirely new experiences for users, developers and businesses," and the company has "a substantial opportunity in front of us with AI across our products."