Severance packages, months' worth of salaries on the table for voluntary exits at Google, Amazon
Tech giants carrying out layoffs across Europe are extending generous offers to employees to get them to leave amid the region's stringent labour laws, according to reports.
Bloomberg said these organizations include Google and Amazon. A spokesperson from Google confirmed that it has been working "carefully" in each country to adhere to local legal requirements, which they described as "complex" and could "take time."
In France, Google's parent company Alphabet is offering severance packages to encourage workers to leave, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.
In the United Kingdom, it has been reported that Google is "trying to do the legal minimum" in layoffs, with an estimated 500 out of 6,000 employees to be let go. In Dublin, Ireland, Google is planning to let go 240 employees. And in Zurich, the layoffs are set to affect over 200 people, according to the report.
France and Germany will be the last branches to be affected by the cuts, according to Bloomberg's source, due to the countries' strong labour laws. Google is currently in negotiations with work councils, where the tech giant is mandated to bargain with them before implementing the layoffs, according to the report.
In Paris, Google has been reported to be in talks with a works council there to determine what types with of roles will be included in the collective departure plan, Bloomberg reported. Google's...
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