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Google Fires Nearly 500 Employees In India On Feb 17

Google layoffs reach Indian shores, 453 employees sacked late Thursday evening. The company said it will provide assistance with healthcare insurance and job placement services, among other things.

The parent company of Google, Alphabet Inc. announced last month that 12,000 employees would be laid off as a cost-cutting measure or 6% of its total workforce. These layoffs at Google’s India operations are in a string of layoffs in the tech sector in recent months.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees, saying he takes full responsibility for the decisions that got us here.

“We have already sent a separate email to affected US employees. In other countries, this process will take longer due to local laws and practices,” Google CEO said.

Sundar Pichai wrote that the company has undertaken a rigorous review of product areas and functions to ensure our people and roles are aligned with our top priorities as a company, in his January email to employees.

The report added that an email was sent out by Sanjay Gupta, country head and vice president, of India, to the concerned employees.

“This evening, we notified all Googlers in India whose roles have been impacted, as part of the workforce reductions announced in January. Managers will soon receive details of their impacted team members,” Google India’s country head Sanjay Gupta wrote in his email to employees.

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Spriha Rai

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