Google Layoffs 2024 Severance Pay. Data from layoffs.fyi reveals that in the first half of 2024 alone, over 98,000 employees were laid off by 333 tech companies. The costs were revealed in alphabet's q4 earnings report, released tuesday.
The layoff saga started back in 2022 when google’s ceo, sundar pichai, announced a plan to make the company 20% more efficient. Google laid off hundreds of workers on wednesday night.