Is this true? Can any Googler here confirm or deny the rumour? “My friends working account manager at Google APAC HQ said all their sales teams and supports have been informed they will be "offered" to move to respective countries office ( Thailand to Bangkok, Vietnam to HCM, Philippines to Manila, Indonesia to Jakarta etc...) since July 23 and the moves will be made gradually over 1 year til July 24. Of course moving to other countries mean their salaries will be cut ( competitive in Thailand, Vietnam or Philippines but definitely cannot compare to SG packages). All the Epass and Singaporeans alike, either accept the moves or bye bye. Other countries will also have higher income tax than SG. Singaporean googlers are saying not only 50% cut, now their income tax doubled. American expats are even worse. This way Google can avoid an official "layoff" that made them looking bad publicly. NTUC or SG government also can't complain cuz it's officially a restructure shuffle, not a layoff. But the result is all the same. Cutting SG office down to barebone. Some tech jobs will follow accordingly. YouTube tech teams are one of the next. The Google management in SG have been lamenting they can't hire due to E-pass restrictions so the US proceeded with the regional offices plans anyways, saving them lots of costs. 2 birds 1 stone SG Googlers scrambling to move other FAANG in SG but SG Meta people said Meta would do the same sooner or later, especially that the numbers users of Meta products are higher in other countries.”#severance #layoff TC: 140k
So are they basically closing the SG office? This seems surprising to me. There is a lot of good talent there.
I wouldn’t know. That’s why I asked “Is this true?”
Since the op states sales and support teams are impacted, there are many teams not impacted even if this is true. Marketing, GTM, etc inc. regional leadership roles
There is SCM team also that handles the mobile phone division in SG. Curious to know more.
You can't call it layoff. If they are relocated. Great gesture from Google.. these employees will are well taken care of.
Sure, next thing you know all bay area employees are offered relocation to Vancouver! Well taken care of indeed
If I were in SG and citizen of thailand , in this situation I would accept to go back to thailand. Majority won't have choices. People who are smart enough to find a job with sponsorship in SG in a quick span can switch.
Good, can't wait to see this happen. They're unnecessarily bloated in SG, and should never have hired as many junior folk here in the first place.
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What is NTUC? Why is a supermarket (according to Google) in the play of layoff?
NTUC is some kind of a union representative I think
the supermarket is really influential