Kevin Bourrillion, a senior software engineer at Google, took to X, saying, "End of an era! After 19 years of working at @Google, with more than 16 of them on the team that I founded, I made the tough decision yesterday morning to finally bite the bullet and find out that I'd been laid off overnight." Google Layoffs 2024: Software Engineer Who Got Laid Off After 19 Years of Service as Part of Latest Round of Job Cuts, Says ‘End of an Era’.
Amazon s gaming streaming unit Twitch is laying off 500 employees due to financial struggles. Audible, another division of the company, is also planning to cut 5% of its workforce.