The Verge: Google workers announce plans to unionize. https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/4/22212347/google-employees-contractors-announce-union-cwa-alphabet Should other companies follow suit? *** My two cents, Amazon and MSFT need ones too
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Google workers announce plans to unionizeGoogle workers have announced plans to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The Alphabet Workers Union will be open to all employees and contractors at Google's parent company. Its goal will be to tackle ongoing issues like pay disparity, retaliation, and controversial government contracts.
What a joke. The creator of this “union” has been at Google for 1.2 years. She has submitted a pathetically low amount of code, and yet she has the audacity to claim “We built Google. This is not the company we want to work for.” THEN LEAVE. You aren’t the coworker we want to work next to. You have ...Read more
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Opinion | We're Google Workers, and We Are Forming a UnionOur company's motto used to be "Don't be evil." An organized work force will help us live up to it. Parul Koul and Ms. Koul and Mr. Shaw are, respectively, the executive chair and the vice chair of the Alphabet Workers Union. On Nov.
Is it true? https://www.cnbctv18.com/education/google-likely-to-layoff-30000-employees-post-new-ai-innovation-18662731.htm
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Google likely to layoff 30,000 employees post new AI innovationGoogle is actively engaged in advancing its AI model, but recent indications suggest that the tech giant is not just focusing on AI development for external applications but is also contemplating a significant shift in its own operational structure.
More layoffs to come according to today's Sundar announcement https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/google-ceo-warns-of-more-layoffs-in-2024-amid-ai-push/ar-AA1nbCWw
Google, Meta, Amazon hire low-paid foreign workers after US layoffs: reportH-1B visas have been a lightning rod in the immigration debate, with critics saying they are used to undercut US citizens and legal residents.
How many of us walked out in the USA for our colleagues who got laid off? Are we going to say it's normal in the USA?? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-google-workers-zurich-walked-125500732.html #layoffs #layoff #google #facebook #USA #tech #walkout #protest #meta #microsoft #apple
Hundreds of Google workers in Zurich walked out after 200 of their colleagues got laid offGoogle rejected a proposal from more than 2,000 employees in Switzerland to reduce their wages and hours to avoid job cuts, Reuters reported.
What do you think? Is it justified for other companies to not hire them if you are a union worker from google? Ignore the legal part. It’s easy to subvert legal problems and not hire you.
I see that some jobs are “remote eligible” but I’ve heard Google require workers to be in-office and then apply for remote. Do they hire remote workers directly?
Hi Friends, I got selected for senior Salesforce Business analyst/ QA lead position in Google. I completed all the interviews and hiring Manager also emailed me that ready to provide the offer. Here comes the Adecco negotiation part, how to negotiate with Adecco . I searched in levels fyi, the TC f...Read more
Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in monthsA senior software engineer at Google jumped to his death from the search giant’s headquarters in Chelsea late Thursday, according to authorities and police sources.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-06/google-and-amazon-struggle-to-lay-off-workers-in-europe?srnd=technology-vp&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Can we get the same laws here please.
I got packet approved from HC for L4, remote. One of good google benefits is the work space and free food. Do they provide alternatives for remote workers ? #remotework #wfh
Google Pauses Green Card Applications, Leaving Foreign Workers in LimboGoogle and other big tech firms have paused filing new PERM applications, dealing a blow to foreign-born tech workers who rely on company visa sponsorship.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/4/22212347/google-employees-contractors-announce-union-cwa-alphabet Any thoughts?
Google workers announce plans to unionizeGoogle workers have announced plans to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The Alphabet Workers Union will be open to all employees and contractors at Google's parent company. Its goal will be to tackle ongoing issues like pay disparity, retaliation, and controversial government contracts.
Google rolls out ‘pay calculator’ explaining work-from-home salary cutsThe pays cuts suggests Google plans to penalize its suburban staffers over employees who work remotely from cities where company offices are located.
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/google-amazon-struggling-to-layoff-employees-in-europe-offering-up-to-1-year-salary-so-they-leave-voluntarily-2356991-2023-04-07 Is this the end of big tech in EU? Will they stop hiring there? I know that for example in France a company which is in pr...Read more
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Google and Amazon struggling to layoff employees in Europe, offering up to 1 year salary so they leave voluntarilyIn Europe, companies like Google and Amazon are not able to hand over pink slips to tons of employees and the layoff process is put on hold because of labour protection laws that make it difficult for them to remove people in some countries without d