Google is laying off around 12,000 workers as tech giants continue to slash jobs. Read CEO Sundar Pichai’s email to staff.

Google is laying off 12,000 employees, or around 6% of its global workforce. Google announced Friday it’s laying off around 12,000 staff, or 6% of its global workforce. In a memo to staff, Sundar Pichai, CEO of parent company Alphabet, took responsibility for the cuts. Read Pichai’s full message to Google employees below. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops — delivered daily to your inbox. Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Google is laying off 12,000 employees, or around 6.4% of its global workforce, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of parent company Alphabet, told staff in a memo on Friday. Pichai told staff that he took "full responsibility for the decisions that led us here." "Over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth," Pichai told staff in the email. "To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face […]

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