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☆ Life after Google: 8 laid-off employees reflect on being let go, what they did next, and their advice for others
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Jane Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Google said it provided impacted employees with outplacement support and invited them to apply for open roles across the company. I miss a lot about Google, but more about the early days when it felt like a family. AdvertisementAnonymous Google employeeA senior software engineer who was laid off in January 2024 secured another job at Google a few weeks later. I had to take medical leave for depression at another fast-paced Big Tech job I'd worked; at another job, things felt like they moved at a glacial pace. Losing a job is traumatic, but it's humbling to think about how much Google transformed my life.

Persons: Jonea Gordon, Philadelphia Jonea Gordon Gordon, We'd, I'd, — I'd, Lois, Kyongsook, Kim, Seoul Lois Kim Kim, who'd, I've, Joe's, didn't, there's, Sylvia Duran, Sylvia Duran Chen Duran, I'm, Aaron Gabriel Neyer, Boulder , Colorado Aaron Neyer Neyer, Eric Wages, Massachusetts Eric Wages Ilene Perlman, — I'm, they've, who's, would've, Shao Chun Chen, Singapore Shao Chun Chen Chen, —, weren't, Camila Ferraz, Zurich Camila Ferraz Ferraz, Paolo, it's Organizations: Google, Big Tech, Philadelphia, Meta, Amazon, Facebook, Toyota, Hanmi Group, Starbucks, US, San, YouTube, Ivy League, LinkedIn, Intuit, University of Colorado Boulder's Atlas Institute, Boulder City Council, Human Relations, Idealum Solutions, National University of Singapore Locations: Seoul, Korea, Korean, San Francisco, Idaho, Florida, San Diego, YouTube Mexico, Singapore, Seattle, Boulder , Colorado, Boulder, Massachusetts, Silicon Valley, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Japan, Miami, Zurich, Brazil, Google's San Francisco

☆ When I was laid off from Google, I felt a sense of relief. I've lived a full life ever since.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Jane Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I was part of a grassroots climate community within Google called Anthropocene working on how we could focus more on climate solutions inside Google. AdvertisementI became the executive director of a nonprofit I joined in 2022 called Consciousness Hacking Colorado and led its relaunch as Woven Web. AdvertisementIn October, Woven Web coordinated a 10-day event to connect people across different communities and ultimately create more coherence in Boulder. I'll go back into some form of full-time work at some point, but I'm not rushing to any decisions. AdvertisementI bike past the Google office a lot here in Boulder and often feel a tenderness in my heart.

Persons: Aaron Neyer, Neyer, I've, It's, I'm, Jane Zhang Organizations: Google, Naropa University, Hacking, Boulder City Council, Human Relations, University of Colorado Boulder's Atlas Institute, Big Tech Locations: Boulder , Colorado, San Francisco, ecopsychology, Boulder

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