Google slashes ‘up to 45’ staff from news division: ‘These are some of the best people I’ve worked with!’
Google has reportedly slashed up to 45 staff from its news division. The tech giant made the layoffs according to an Alphabet Workers Union spokesperson, who said they didn’t know the exact number of people sacked. A staff engineer at Google News said in a LinkedIn about the firings: “These are some of the best and brightest people I’ve ever worked with. We’re definitely worse off without them.” Google’s downsizing has been brought in at a particularly sensitive time for online platforms and publishers. It comes as the war between Israel and Hamas that has claimed thousands of lives in Israel ...