It is said that shared suffering brings people together. In light of major tech layoffs in many countries, social media platforms have become a source of comfort. The recent decision by Google to lay off 12,000 employees has revealed many stories of affected workers, and more are coming forward as they gather the courage and mindset to cope in these uncertain times. Recently, we learned that multiple Googlers were fired from the company after roughly 15 years of service. A new post by Garima Sahai, engineering director at Google, highlights that she was laid off after spending approximately 20 years at the company. Her post on LinkedIn points out that she’s using the platform as Google abruptly stopped her access to an internal email. She writes:
“To Google leadership (and I’ve considered myself part of it): I can imagine and have empathy for this being a super hard thing to do and I wish the process would have been a bit more respectful for all our sakes. For relatively new leaders at Google, I’m sorry you didn’t get a chance to experience more of Google’s unique people centric leadership before this had to be done. Nonetheless, Google has been a very special place, and I wish you the very best as you take care of it through tough times
