They are also seeking a commitment from the company to refrain from further job cuts, he added. Although the protesters represented a small proportion of Google’s approximately 5,000 Zurich-based employees, it’s relatively rare for tech companies’ corporate workers to walk out. It follows similar protests by colleagues in New York and California earlier this month over the job cuts. It’s not clear how many Zurich-based employees lost their jobs, although they have been notified already, Fitze said. Google workers previously staged a walkout in many cities across the world in 2018 over the company’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations.

Source: The Hindu February 16, 2023 08:51 UTC