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TCI Fund Management, founded by Chris Hohn, owns 0.27 percent outstanding shares of Alphabet Inc, which is worth nearly 6 billion dollars

The recent firm to join this layoff trend is Google’s parent company Alphabet, which is preparing to lay off 10,000 ‘poor performing’ employees starting in early 2023.

The COVID-19 pandemic moved much of the world online and led to a boom, especially for high-tech companies in the United States over the past two years, but it couldn't last indefinitely.

Google to lay off 10,000 employees based on performance: Report

A letter from a UK investor claims Google's current headcount is “excessive” as compared to hiring patterns in the past. As such, the company may lay off its low-performing employees to reduce costs.

Alphabet executives have also called for a need to sharpen focus in recent months by lowering project costs and increasing efficiency by 20 percent.

Google is reportedly willing to let go of 6 per cent of its employees. This accounts for 10,000 people. Google will use a ranking system and the lowest-ranked employees are expected to be fired from the company

Redundancies within the technology sector have reached 120,000 in 2022 so far, according to website layoffs.fyi, with some 30,000 people on course to lose...

From Amazon to Zillow, many of the tech titans have been trimming the fat and reducing their workforce numbers.

Christopher Hohn's hedge fund wants Alphabet to follow competitor Silicon Valley companies' cost-cutting strategies.