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Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant
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this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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G fired like 12K people at the beginning of the year.
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/20/1150234270/google-layoffs-12000-jobs
Then smaller groups of layoffs throughout the year and usual churn. Adds up to ~5-6% for the year
This is true, however it's also the first time Google has done a mass layoff, so I wouldn't say it's pointing to a yearly trend.