Sundar Pichai faces massive employee backlash over layoffs as 4500 Google workers sign petition

More than 4,500 Google employees have signed a petition asking CEO Sundar Pichai to introduce stronger protections against layoffs. This comes as Google continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) while cutting jobs across different teams, according to The Guardian.

Members of the Alphabet Workers Union handed the petition to Pichai’s office after nearly 100 employees gathered outside Google’s campus to support the campaign. Many wore black T-shirts, while others carried a long white banner displaying the names of employees who signed the petition. The union said this is the biggest employee-led campaign on job security in Google’s history.