396: Google's Horrible, No Good Week

Yet again, Flo is out sick this week. But thankfully, we have Andy to hold down the fort and explain why it's been an alarming week for Google. First, there were massive layoffs, with news that resonated through the zeitgeist. And then, the US Department of Justice came down with the antitrust banhammer. What will happen to Google next?

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Links and Show Notes:

• Google parent Alphabet is slashing 12,000 jobs: Sundar Pichai emails staff saying he takes ‘full responsibility for the decisions that led us here’

• A difficult decision to set us up for the future

• Google CEO defends job cuts in animated town hall as employees demand clarity on process

• A major Alphabet investor said the company should cut even more jobs and address 'excessive' pay in the wake of mass layoffs

• DOJ files second antitrust suit against Google, seeks to break up its ad business

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