Google's Layoffs Are The Latest In Big Tech's Cutbacks – Mashable India

It’s been a rough few months for people who work in tech. After a massive hiring spree during the beginning of the pandemic, tech companies have needed to slow — or even reverse — hiring. Snapchat, OnlyFans, Lyft, Microsoft, Twitter, Substack, Netflix and more tech companies began laying off workers in 2022. Now just a few weeks into 2023, those layoffs don’t seem to be slowing down.”Unfortunately, I don’t see the layoffs going away anytime soon,” Roger Lee, the creator of Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks job cuts at startups and tech companies, told USA Today.Nearly 80 percent of laid-off tech workers land new jobs within three months of beginning their search, a study from Zip Recruiter published in The Wall Street Journal reports. But three months is a long time for many tech workers, particularly those who may rely on their job for a workers permit. A 2018 report found that more than 70 percent of tech workers in Silicon Valley were born in another country; immigrant workers on H-1B visas have just 60 days to find a new employer to sponsor their visa before they’re kicked out of the country.Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are just among the many
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