Google's Swiss employees strike - again - as 200 jobs cut

Date:
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:00:46 +0000

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Workers are fighting back in offices around the world as Google continues to cut costs and lay workers off.

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Hundreds of Googles employees have walked out of its Zurich offices in
protest against the way the company has handled its mass layoffs so far this year, one month after a similar, smaller protest.

Earlier in February, IT workers union Syndicom announced that around 250 workers had engaged in a strike in solidarity with those laid off by the company worldwide.

Now, a month later, an estimated 400-500 employees in that same office have done exactly the same following the news that an additional 200 colleagues have been laid off. Google strikes, protests, and layoffs

Now, Syndicom claims that Google has dismissed workers requests and proposals to reduce and prevent layoffs.

According to the workers union, 2,500 employees from Googles Zurich campus alone offered to reduce working hours voluntarily in a bid to save the roles of many workers that were likely to face future redundancies.

It also says that the employee representation committee, together with the Syndicom union, are now in talks with Google to negotiate an extended social plan.

Clearly, workers are most outraged about Googles lack of transparency around redundancies despite making billions in profits. Read more

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According to layoffs.fyi , which has been tracking redundancies across the industry, Google has announced the largest headcount reduction in one go, by 12,000, in January, though this only represents 6% of the companys workforce with other companies more than doubling this percentage.

Google has come under scrutiny in other territories, too, with workers in its Cloud division based in five office spaces across Kirkland, New York City,
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