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Google will consider staff performance in layoff decisions

The tech giant will factor in productivity and performance evaluations when deciding who to lay off as it reduces its global workforce by 6 per cent

Google did not say if it planned to implement compulsory redundancies or if it will cut the roles by allowing some staff to leave voluntarily

Google will factor in performance evaluations when deciding who will be made redundant as part of the job cuts at its Irish operation, the Business Post has learned.

The tech giant last week announced that 240 jobs would be cut in Ireland as part of a global round of layoffs, with roles impacted mostly in its sales, support, and technology and engineering teams.

That came after the company recently announced that it would cut its ...