Google Cloud Layoffs 2024. Google has laid off hundreds of employees belonging to its hardware, voice assistance, and engineering teams, prompting backlash from a union. The cuts continue a trend of tech layoffs, after large companies such as google, meta and amazon laid off thousands of workers last year.

Google cloud ceo thomas kurian sent a memo to staff addressing the layoffs. Alphabet will lay off at least 100 employees from several teams in google’s cloud unit, according to cnbc, citing people familiar with the matter.