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'Voluntary exit' | Google offers buyouts to U.S. employees in latest headcount reduction
Google has offered to buy workers out of their employment contracts across several...
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People-first | Google to expand engineering workforce despite AI progress
Google plans to grow its engineering team by recruiting human talent, despite AI...
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Non-competes | Google gives departing AI staff up to a year's paid leave - report
Google DeepMind's use of non-compete agreements is drawing attention...
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'Relentless campaign' | Google faces lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination against men
A former senior employee alleges that male Googlers were systematically denied promotions...
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Semantics | Has DEI actually gone to ground - or has it just been rebranded?
Has there actually been full-scale defeat for diversity initiatives or is it merely...
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'A good result' | Google agrees $28m settlement in worker discrimination lawsuit
Google has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed...
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Sergey Brin | Google co-founder urges 60-hour week in bid to win AI arms race
Google'a co-founder said 60-hours are the 'sweet spot of productivity,' but going...
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‘Intimidated or fired’ | Google AI contract staff silenced on pay, federal complaint alleges
The complaint accuses Alphabet vendor Hitachi of illegally prohibiting contractors...
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'Legal compliance' | Google defends end of DEI programs and shift on AI weaponry policy
Melonie Parker, Google's former chief diversity officer, confirmed that the company...
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‘We hire the best people’ | Google ends diversity hiring targets in latest DEI U-turn
Google's CPO emailed staff on Wednesday, revealing the tech firm will 'no longer...
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'Deeply committed' | Google offers 25,000 staff 'voluntary buyouts' as it restructures
Google says it aims to ensure its workforce remains 'deeply committed' to the company's...
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Ranking rankles | Google employees sign petition over performance layoff concerns
More than 1,300 Google employees have reportedly signed the petition...
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Deep trouble? | What is all the fuss about DeepSeek and why does it matter to HR?
Just 48 hours ago, very few people had even heard of DeepSeek, and fewer still knew...
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'Enough control' | Google owner Alphabet faces fresh joint employer complaint over contract workers
Google owner Alphabet is embroiled in a new legal challenge, with the US National...
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'Disparate impact' | Google faces discrimination lawsuit over maternity leave layoff
Google is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who alleges the company discriminated...
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Cautionary code | Antitrust fears led Google to encourage 'culture of concealment' among staff, NYT report says
Google has reportedly urged its employees to exercise caution in their...
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‘Efficiencies in headcount’ | Google execs grilled by staff over cost-cutting measures - while dressed in Halloween costumes
Google's CEO and VP of Recruiting fielded tricky questions about layoffs and cost-cutting...
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