Comments on: Job cuts sweep tech industry: Google, Motorola, Seagate, Sanyo, NEC & Microsoft affected http://www.slashgear.com/job-cuts-sweep-tech-industry-google-motorola-seagate-sanyo-nec-microsoft-affected-1530618/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Mon, 14 May 2012 15:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Google Layoffs 2009 http://www.slashgear.com/job-cuts-sweep-tech-industry-google-motorola-seagate-sanyo-nec-microsoft-affected-1530618/#comment-58292 Google Layoffs 2009 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:06:31 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=30618#comment-58292 When I first heard that Google laid off 5,000+ contractors and tried to sweep it under the rug I was pissed: they undermined consumers and blatantly disrespected the contractors who had served them well. That said, I think Google has redeemed themselves this week with the way they handled the layoffs of 100 recruiters and the closure of 3 engineering offices. I wrote an article on why more companies should handle layoffs exactly how Google handled them this week:

http://www.thedailyanchor.com/2009/01/16/google-layoffs-2009-google-cuts-100-positions-yet-manages-to-redeem-itself/

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