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Google (https://www.engadget.com/google-parent-alphabet-is-laying-off-12000-employees-105523115.html) is laying off 12,000 employees That's 6% of parent Alphabet's global workforce. Over the past few weeks, Microsoft (https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-confirms-layoffs-151816595.html) (10,000), Amazon (https://www.engadget.com/amazon-expanded-job-cuts-18000-102059372.html) (18,000), Meta (https://www.engadget.com/meta-mass-layoffs-facebook-111406126.html) (11,000), and others instituted equally dramatic job cuts due to economic conditions.