Google Layoff 2024. Google said it will lay off hundreds at its voice assistant unit, while a few hundred roles are being eliminated in the hardware team responsible for pixel, nest and fitbit, with the. Google posted $86 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023, a 13 percent increase year over year.
Google has laid off hundreds of employees belonging to its hardware, voice assistance, and engineering teams, prompting backlash from a union. The layoffs have slowed down projects and prompted employees to spend working hours trying to learn which work groups have been hit and who could be next, said 10 current.