Inside Google's all-hands meeting: Layoffs shatter the company's aura of stability and abundance. | Business Insider

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Google held a townhall meeting with employees on Monday to discuss the company's plan to lay off 12,000 staff, the biggest job cuts in the company's 25-year history.

. That helped it recruit the best engineers and other tech specialists. If these layoffs undermine this reputation, Google may struggle to compete for talent in the future.

Insider obtained recordings of the Google all-hands meeting, along with screenshots of employee comments, questions, and other reactions. Here's what happened. The overriding sentiment was shock from being suddenly exposed to the vicissitudes of working at a public company during a downturn. Two employees asked for"psychological safety" at work and said the job cuts, and how they were conducted, have threatened this sense of stability.

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