https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/01/20/google-axing-12000-jobs-as-tech-industry-layoffs-widen/ > LONDON  — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbed. > CEO Sundar Pichai informed staff Friday at the Silicon Valley giant about the cuts in an email that was also posted on the company’s news blog.