Unique: Google father or mother to put off 12,000 staff – memo

Jan 20 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) is getting rid of 12,000 jobs, its leader govt stated in a personnel memo shared with Reuters.

The cuts mark the most recent to shake the generation sector and are available days after rival Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) stated it might lay off 10,000 staff.

The task cuts have an effect on groups around the corporate together with recruiting and a few company purposes, in addition to some engineering and merchandise groups.

The layoffs are world and have an effect on U.S. personnel straight away, Google stated.

Reporting By means of Jeffrey Dastin in Davos, Switzerland

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