Google has just had a round of layoffs, letting go of around 12,000 employees and the ones who still have their jobs are demanding ‘psychological safety’ from their bosses.
Several years ago, you’d have to be on a liberal college campus to hear about ‘safe spaces’ but these people have grown up and entered the workforce.
That’s how you end up with a situation like this one.
Google workers demand 'psychological safety' from bosses after mass layoffs https://t.co/ot7Hq5ti46 pic.twitter.com/GiJwLA33BN
— New York Post (@nypost) January 25, 2023
From the New York Post:
Google employees who survived the company’s recent purge of 12,000 of their now-former colleagues grilled executives during a tense all-hands meeting on Monday — anxiously demanding assurances that their jobs aren’t next on the chopping block.
One Google employee based in the UK told management that “psychological safety is paramount” after parent company Alphabet Inc. shed around 6% of its full-time workforce.
The employee was outraged that among those let go by Google were high performers and people on immigration visas.
“How are we supposed to ever feel safe again?” the employee wondered. His comments were reported by Insider.
That is accurate. The Insider did report this.
Stunned Google staff want 'psychological safety' after layoffs. 'How are we supposed to ever feel safe again?' one employee asks in a tense all-hands meeting. https://t.co/Y6UjxlJvVC
— Insider Business (@BusinessInsider) January 23, 2023
The Keystone XL Pipeline workers who lost their jobs on Biden’s first day certainly didn’t get any ‘safety’ considerations.
children, time to grow up.
— Daniel F. Monroe (@USArmyOfficer) January 23, 2023
Those poor, poor babies.
— The Nature Boy Dick Hammer (@EssentialBusin7) January 24, 2023
— CitadelAir™ (@CitadelAir) January 23, 2023
People in other industries deal with layoffs all the time.
https://twitter.com/jenrobertson2o2/status/1618213570738806784?s=20&t=WFOHO7o4KT4TWILKZMt3Yg
Hey Google Employees….welcome to the grown up world!!! Your job is NEVER guaranteed!!!
— whatthehell (@whatthe57619260) January 25, 2023
According to this reporter, the laid off employees got a pretty sweet deal.
Don't worry too much about the people being laid off from Google. Here's the severance they'll get:
– 16 weeks of base pay
– 2 additional weeks of pay for every year they were at Google
– 16 weeks of accelerated share vesting
– 6 months of healthcare— Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) January 23, 2023
How’s that for safety?
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