Google job fears in UK and Ireland as parent firm Alphabet slashes 12,000 staff globally

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Google job fears in UK and Ireland as parent firm Alphabet slashes 12,000 staff globally
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Revealing the 'difficult news', chief executive of the Silicon Valley giant, Sundar Pichai, says the company had hired for 'periods of dramatic growth' over the past two years, but that was a 'different economic reality than the one we face today.'

On the decision to cut posts, Mr Pichai told staff:"This will mean saying goodbye to some incredibly talented people we worked hard to hire and have loved working with. I'm deeply sorry for that."The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on me, and I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here.

"To fully capture it, we'll need to make tough choices. So, we've undertaken a rigorous review across product areas and functions to ensure that our people and roles are aligned with our highest priorities as a company.

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