- Google has about 800 full-time employees in South Korea, but is reportedly looking to reduce its workforce.
- According to Korea JoongAng Ilbo, some workers are resisting the company's proposal to resign.
- Local labor laws do not allow employers with five or more employees to fire employees without just cause.
Google wants to reduce its workforce, but some employees in South Korea are refusing to leave.
The technology giant has about 800 full-time employees in South Korea.Despite efforts to reduce the number of employees since last year, some employees Reject the company's resignation recommendationThe Korean JoongAng Ilbo reported.
According to the report, about 10 employees at Google's office in Seoul have accepted the company's resignation offer. However, according to South Korean labor law firm KangNam, some workers are unable to work because the main reason is that South Korean labor law does not allow employers with five or more workers to dismiss them without just cause. The person continues to work. Said.
Mr. Jeong Bong-soo, Managing Director of KangNam Said A LinkedIn post states, “A forced resignation occurs when an employee resigns at the suggestion of an employer. In most cases, an employee chooses to resign because he or she does not want to face the uncertainty or difficulty of re-employment. I refuse.”
About 100 Google employees in South Korea formed a union last year amid growing concerns about industry-wide layoffs in the United States.
“Due to continued layoffs in the U.S. high-tech industry, employees are concerned about job security and have decided to form a labor union,” Kim Jong-seop, head of the Google Korea Labor Union, said in April last year. , told the Korea Herald.
He told Korea JoongAng Ilbo that the union plans to reach an agreement with Google to ensure job security and for workers to “pursue voluntary resignation” in exchange for accepting a recommendation to quit.
Voluntary termination may entitle a worker to an early retirement bonus.
Google 12,000 people laid off By 2023, the number of employees will reach approximately 6% of the total number of employees, and the number of employees will continue to be reduced this year.the company has already gone out of business Over 1,000 Worker of the Month. CEO Sundar Pichai told staff in a memo obtained by The Verge: more fired I'll be coming again this year.
The company plans to lay off hundreds of employees from its ad sales team, Business Insider's Hugh Langley says. previously reported. The company also cut hundreds of staff members working on Google Assistant and members of its devices and services teams.
Mass layoffs have been widespread in the tech industry since last year. A total of 262,595 employees were laid off at 1,186 tech companies in 2023, according to Layoffs.fyi, which tracks layoffs.the data It also revealed that 63 companies have cut 10,963 jobs so far this year.
Google did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment outside of normal business hours.
