GOOGLE HAS ANNOUNCED NEARLY 12,000 JOB CUTS AROUND THE WORLD.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, announced approximately 12,000 job cuts globally on Friday, becoming the latest US tech behemoth to implement large-scale restructuring.

“We’ve decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email to employees, adding that the cuts were in response to a changing “economic reality”.

The announcement comes a day after Microsoft announced that it would lay off 10,000 employees in the coming months, following similar layoffs by Facebook owner Meta, Amazon, and Twitter as the previously untouchable tech sector faces a major economic downturn.

“We’ve conducted a rigorous review across product areas and functions to ensure that our people and roles are aligned with our company’s highest priorities,” Pichai wrote.

“The roles we’re eliminating are the result of that review.

“The fact that these changes will have an impact on Googlers’ lives weighs heavily on me, and I accept full responsibility for the decisions that led us here.”