> "Google parent firm Alphabet employed 182,381 employees" I'm always sad to hear when someone loses their jobs, but the headline borders on being click-bait.

> "Google parent firm Alphabet employed 182,381 employees" I'm always sad to hear when someone loses their jobs, but the headline borders on being click-bait. If Google laid off ~3k of it's 182k employee base, that's only 1.5% of it's workforce. It wasn't long ago that companies had a standing rule to let go it's bottom 5% annually.