FILE - Google logo is seen in a historical building in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 29, 2022. is laying off 12,000 workers, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff after rapid expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic have worn off.
CEO Sundar Pichai shared the news Friday in an email to staff at the Silicon Valley giant that was also posted on the company's news blog. "Over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth," Pichai wrote. "To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today."Google Street View genius guesses where he is in the world in seconds
23-year-old Trevor Rainbolt shows FOX TV Stations his process for how he wows the internet with his ability to accurately guess specific locations on Google maps in seconds, usually only being a few miles off. The jobs being eliminated "cut across Alphabet, product areas, functions, levels and regions," Pichai said.
Lol… 10k gender studies degrees back on the streets. I guess mommy and daddy won’t be paying off those student loans any time soon.