For one Google  worker it was when the light on the card reader outside their New York office flashed red, rather than green. For a staffer at Twitte

Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People

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2023-01-27 17:00:13

For one Google worker it was when the light on the card reader outside their New York office flashed red, rather than green. For a staffer at Twitter, it was when their password was changed remotely, and an unusual gray screen showed their company Macbook had been locked. For Zac Bowling, a near-eight-year veteran of Google, it was being logged out of all his devices.

Tech companies have laid off tens of thousands of workers over the past few months in an industry-wide downsizing that executives have blamed on overhiring during the pandemic. Almost without fail, they’ve handled it horribly, with casual brutality and tone deaf displays—such as at Microsoft, who hosted a private Sting concert at Davos the night before firing 10,000 people.

The disparity between Big Tech’s high spending and the callous way in which they have let go of their staff has tarnished their reputation as good employers, and reminded staff that their needs are subordinate to those of shareholders. 

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