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Google layoffs: Following the recent firing of 50 Google employees for staging protests against the company's $1.2 billion cloud computing project with the Israeli government, CEO Sundar Pichai has warned staff about the limitations of the company's open culture.
Workers protested against Project Nimbus, a joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.
Google has warned employees who are considering participating in sit-in protests in the future to “think again.” Google on Wednesday fired 28 employees following internal protests over its $1.2 billion contract with Israel. The company sent an internal memo, seen by Business Insider, on Wednesday night explaining its course of action and telling employees […]
The firings occurred after a disruptive protest in which participants occupied the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and were forcibly removed by law enforcement
Google says the fired staff violated company policies, but the protestors say Google executives have refused to hear their complaints for years.