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Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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They just gave that bastard the list of who to layoff first.
Anything but collecting bargaining eh
Right???? All those signatures could have been on forms to unionize
Not only is it limited in its scope, it's also good PR for AI. (Not quite as good as "accidentally" leaked Slack messages or strongly worded letters, but close.)
The CEO's response:
This is exactly the same energy as Russian soldiers making videos to ask to Putin to save them from the meat grinder he is knowingly throwing them into.
Layoff protection? A guaranteee that you won’t be let go? So even if you’re terrible at your job you can’t be fired just because you don’t want to be?
There’s dumb, and then there’s this.
What next? Raytheon workers demanding drone strike protections?