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A Google employee of 11 years says he and his wife stared at each other in 'disbelief' when they realized they'd both been laid off by the company
https://www.yahoo.com ^ | January 26, 2023 | Sawdah Bhaimiya

Posted on 01/26/2023 8:24:33 AM PST by Enterprise

A Google employee said he and his wife were both laid off by the tech giant in Friday's mass cull.

Ashish Kalsi wrote on LinkedIn that they stared at each other in "disbelief" that morning as their daughter slept.

Kalsi said he's on an H-1B visa and has a 60-day "countdown" to find a new role or leave the US.

A Google engineer said he and his wife stared at each other in "disbelief" upon learning on Friday they'd both been laid off by the company.

Ashish Kalsi, an associate principal of global engagement on Google's trust and safety team, wrote in a LinkedIn post Wednesday that he and his wife woke up on Friday to find they were both part of the company's cull of around 12,000 jobs.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: adios; aliens; bigtech; censorship; freespeech; google; layoff
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To: SpaceBar

“”You might be useless if no one else on the planet has your job title.””

Well done.


21 posted on 01/26/2023 8:32:45 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Boomer
Google World His new real world
22 posted on 01/26/2023 8:32:51 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Enterprise

Well the coding job isn’t working. Maybe try the pipeline


23 posted on 01/26/2023 8:33:00 AM PST by Stonewall1
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To: SpaceBar

Exactly what does “an associate principal of global engagement on Google’s trust and safety team” do?


24 posted on 01/26/2023 8:33:01 AM PST by Four of Six (Tagline deleted because the moderator is delicate snowflake and suffers from delusions of grandeur.)
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To: Enterprise

We are going to find out too many tech/social media are foreign who care nothing about this country.


25 posted on 01/26/2023 8:33:09 AM PST by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: plain talk

That means she’s a woke cop for google for adherence to political correctness


26 posted on 01/26/2023 8:33:16 AM PST by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of liars)
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To: plain talk

Gosh that’s so scary. What will we do now that the trust and safety team has been reduced? I might lose sleep over that.


27 posted on 01/26/2023 8:33:49 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: plain talk

His job just went Ashish to ashes. Dust to dust.


28 posted on 01/26/2023 8:34:33 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SpaceBar

I think Musk fired a bunch of people who had a similar job title.


29 posted on 01/26/2023 8:35:00 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise
Kalsi said he's on an H-1B visa and has a 60-day "countdown" to find a new role or leave the US.

H-1B visa were for jobs looking for workers, not workers looking for jobs.

-PJ

30 posted on 01/26/2023 8:35:49 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: 1Old Pro
"Sounds dispensable."

The swirling water of a toilet comes to mind.

31 posted on 01/26/2023 8:36:26 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: SaveFerris

He realizes that Punjab, India is not the same as Silicon Valley, California


32 posted on 01/26/2023 8:36:28 AM PST by srmanuel (t)
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To: Enterprise

Welcome to free enterprise.


33 posted on 01/26/2023 8:36:54 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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To: Enterprise

Here is how losing your job was covered under Obama.

For the ‘funemployed,’ unemployment is welcome
https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-funemployment4-2009jun04-story.html


34 posted on 01/26/2023 8:37:03 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: qaz123

You sound bitter. Life is too short for that.


35 posted on 01/26/2023 8:37:26 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: SaveFerris

They probably voted too. First for zer0, then pedojoe


36 posted on 01/26/2023 8:38:11 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: alternatives?
"What is the resident status of his wife?"

I doubt that it matters. I don't think they will need to purchase boarding passes any time soon.

37 posted on 01/26/2023 8:38:56 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

The blame is not on them. The blame is on the system.


38 posted on 01/26/2023 8:39:00 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Enterprise

Boot all the sidewalk pooping job thieves.


39 posted on 01/26/2023 8:39:31 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Enterprise

Anyone who doesn’t make savings a huge portion of their salary is just whistling past the graveyard. Everyone will experience three such events in their careers.


40 posted on 01/26/2023 8:39:50 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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