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World Business Report: First broadcast 20/01/2023 15:32 GMT : Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs

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Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs

First broadcast 20/01/2023 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 20/01/2023 15:32 GMT : Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs

The cuts will affect 6% of Alphabet's workforce worldwide.

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took "full responsibility" for the cuts, in an internal email.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, says it's slashing 12,000 jobs. The company blames what it calls a changing "economic reality" after two years of "dramatic growth". On Thursday, Microsoft said it would reduce staff numbers by 10,000. We will find out what's happening in the tech industry and why it is becoming so brutal for professionals.

(Picture:  Bike Rack at Google Headquarters, Mountainview, Ca. Picture Credit: Getty Images)

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