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Google cuts 52 engineering and product roles in Washington state

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EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
52
PLANNED DATE
Not disclosed
52 OF 181,269 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Washington state (Kirkland, Redmond, Seattle; plus remote).

Department affected: core engineering (software engineers, engineering and product managers, mechatronics engineers, UX designers, recruiters).

A specific layoff date has not been disclosed.

Based on news reporting.

Summary

Google filed a WARN notice reporting it will cut around 52 employees in Washington state, affecting roles across its core engineering work including software engineers, engineering and product managers, mechatronics engineers, UX designers and recruiters. The affected staff are spread across seven buildings in Kirkland, Redmond and Seattle, with three additional employees working remotely; notifications began on July 8 and separations are scheduled from early September to October 4. The company said the cuts are permanent and not due to relocating or contracting work out of state. The filing coincided with the departure of four senior researchers and follows other recent Google Cloud cuts; Alphabet's much larger 2023 global reduction (12,000 jobs) was cited as background.

Alphabet Inc. cut 52 jobs affecting its core engineering (software engineers, engineering and product managers, mechatronics engineers, UX designers, recruiters) team.

LayoffTalk has tracked 56 layoff events at Alphabet Inc. since December 2022, including 1,758 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 32 additional events known from news reporting.

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Estimated figure based on news reporting. Not yet confirmed by Alphabet Inc..

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Alphabet Inc.GOOG
Communication Services · 181,269 employees
56
EVENTS TRACKED
1,758
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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