The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 20, 2023 Google Lays Off 12,000 Workers Amid Steep Job Cuts in Tech  ----------------------------------------------------------- Google has announced plans to lay off 12,000 workers with immediate effect - affecting about 6% of the company's workforce. Google's CEO announced the layoffs this morning, just two days after Amazon and Microsoft announced layoffs affecting a combined 28,000 people.  .