Google will pay out $700 million to former employees this quarter
Google is preparing to pay out more than $700 million to former employees at the company as part of the outgoing severance packages.
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Google is preparing to pay out more than $700 million to former employees at the company as part of the outgoing severance packages.
Alphabet, Google's parent company, disclosed this information alongside its Q4 earnings report.
Last year, Google spent a total of $2.1 billion on severance pay. The tech layoffs were thought to be left behind in 2023, but tech giants continue to conduct job cuts with some saying that it was due to cutting costs.
Notable major technology and media corporations in the United States have begun 2024 with a fresh round of job cuts, with reasons citing the global economic crisis that is expected to remain persistent in the new year.
2024 has already proven to be a difficult year for layoffs. A handful of companies have been making job cuts in recent weeks, bringing uncertainty for workers across industries.