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Google workers protest over ‘unequal’ treatment in lay-offs

Nearly 200 staff in Ireland have signed a petition calling on the tech giant to offer the same severance deal as in the last round of job cuts

Google’s office in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin: the Financial Services Union has written to the company twice with ‘significant concerns’ about the new terms. Picture: Getty

Google is facing a backlash from its Irish workforce over “unequal treatment” of staff in a new global round of job cuts, the Business Post has learned.

Close to 200 staff at the tech giant have signed their names to a petition that says the severance deals it is offering to around 20 recruiters impacted by ongoing lay-offs are worse than a previous round of job cuts earlier this year.

The petition, submitted to management ...