Google Fires Married Couple With Four-month-old During Mass Layoffs

as tech companies across the board cut down their workforce, the latest to hit the chopping board, a married couple with a four-month-old baby.Allie and Steve, who asked to go by their first names only, told that they had worked for the company for years and the generous parental leave was one of its biggest attractions.The couple had their first child in fall 2022 when Allie went on eight months of parental leave.Steve took two months in late 2022 and was set to take a further two in March.The tech giant announced that it would lay of 12,000 people on Friday, roughly 6 percent, of its workforce, Allie and Steve among those affected, they told the outlet. Google has laid off thousands of its employees as tech companies across the board cut down their workforce, the latest to hit the chopping board, a married couple with a four-month-old babyAllie was a marketing manager at Google, while Steve had been a research operations manager - the pair said they 'didn't really see each other every day at work' because they worked in different buildings.The new mom said that she 'absolutely' enjoyed her 'six wonderful years' at the company in particular praising her colleagues and staff benefits, while Steve said that Google has invested a lot of time and money into its staff. RELATED ARTICLES Share this articleShareThe pair appear to be optimistic of the future despite the shock firing telling Business Insider that they planned to use the opportunity to develop their own business White Cube Media, which makes animated explainer videos for companies.'This was the push that we needed,' Allie said.Katherine Wong was 34-weeks pregnant and was due to go on maternity leave next week when she found out that she was fired. Justin Moore (left) and Katherine Wong (right) were also affected by the workforce lay-offs by Google The tech giant announced that it would lay of 12,000 people on Friday, roughly 6 percent, of its workforce, Allie and Steve among those affectedIn a post to her she wrote: 'While I am at my 8 months pregnancy and only one week away from my maternity leave it was wonderful to know that I'm one week closer to seeing my baby after completing a comprehensive handover doc before I take my leave as a Program Manager.'However, the moment I checked my phone, my heart sank.I am one of the impacted 12,000,' she added.'The first thought that came to my mind was 'Why me? Why now?'. It was hard to process and digest, especially the news that came after a positive performance review.'Meanwhile, Justin Moore, who had worked for the company for 16 years said that he had been laid off among the mass firings on Friday through an automated account deactivation.He said he hadn't received any other 'information' or 'communication' about being let go.Even if he did receive communication, he was unable to access it because of the deactivation.'This also just drives home that work is not your life, and employers — especially big, faceless ones like Google — see you as 100 percent disposable,' Moore said to . Google's layoffs come as other tech giants are also dramatically cutting their workforces. Twitter, under new CEO Elon Musk, laid off thousands of workers in late 2022. A class-action lawsuit was filed against the company accusing it of violating the Family and Medical Leave Act by terminating workers on or soon to take parental leave.Sundar Pichai, Alphabet's CEO, said in the note, 'I am confident about the huge opportunity in front of us thanks to the strength of our mission, the value of our products and services, and our early investments in AI.'The cost cutting moves have been mirrored across the tech industry. The most in-demand workers right now are blue collar employees, while white-collar workers have seen major job losses in the last year.  Sundar Pichai, Alphabet's CEO, said the losses affect teams across the company including recruiting and some corporate functions Amazon is just one of several tech companies who have made major cuts in recent weeks and monthsThe phenomenon has been dubbed 'richcession' by those in the field.   Last week, thousands of Amazon workers woke up to a brutal email from their employer informing them their role had 'been eliminated' effective immediately. Around 18,000 staff were let go in the latest round of job cuts first announced by CEO Andy Jassy in November. Soon after the Seattle-based company sent out the emails, many employees' access to work computers and offices was also cut off, revealed. 'Unfortunately, your role has been eliminated,' the email from an HR executive within the e-commerce giant read. 'You are no longer required to perform any work on Amazon's behalf effective immediately,' it later added.The email sent out to Amazon employees, obtained by Business Insider, came from Beth Galetti, the senior vice president of People Experience & Technology.  The cuts were first announced by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in November   The email came from Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technologyThe HR boss said the cut jobs are 'not a decision that was made lightly' and called the cost-cutting move a 'difficult step.' Five employees who spoke to Insider shared the email in its entirety as well as details surrounding the layoff, including how some employees immediately lost access to their office badges and work computers.The workers did not wish to be named but the outlet said it had 'verified their identity.''Everyone is pretty upset,' one of the former-Amazon workers told Insider. 'We just woke up to an email today,' they continued in disbelief. The large group of workers were told they will only receive updates from the company through non-Amazon devices going forward. To make matters worse, the employees said that requires them to add their work email addresses and the app Amazon uses for videoconferencing to their own personal electronic devices.  Amazon employees were told they will only receive updates from the company through non-Amazon devices going forward Amazon Employees said that the new contacting regime requires them to add their work email addresses and the app Amazon uses for videoconferencing to their own personal devices'Our primary mode of communication will be through internal email on your non-Amazon device,' Galetti wrote in the email.  began laying off 10,000 employees, nearly five percent of its workforce, last week. In a memo to employees, CEO Satya Nadella said the layoffs would end in March.  'We're living through times of significant change,' wrote Nadella, adding that 'parts of the world are in a recession and other parts are anticipating one.'Nadella said customers wanted to 'optimize their Vivio Digital Solutions Ltd spend to do more with less' and 'exercise caution as some parts of the world are in a recession and other parts are anticipating one.''While we are eliminating roles in some areas, we will continue to hire in key strategic areas,' he wrote.One analyst with Wedbush Securities said the layoffs, while uncomfortable, are necessary for companies who want to see maintain profits. 'This is a rip the band-aid off moment to preserve margins and cut costs in a softer macro, a strategy the Street will continue to applaud,' said analyst Dan Ives.DailyMail.com has contacted Google for comment.