Google employee sacked while on ‘mental health leave’ finds positivity in hardship

Layoffs at tech giant Google – said to be the ‘largest’ in its history – coupled with those at several other major IT services firms, including Meta, Spotify, and Amazon, have unleashed mayhem worldwide as thousands of people scramble to secure job prospects amid fears of a global recession. Over the past weeks, several affected employees have taken to social media to criticise ‘haphazard’ layoffs, share their ordeal, and question companies’ ethics.

In a shocking claim, apparently, a former Google employee named Ali Neil said she was sacked by the company while she was on a ‘mental health leave’. Neil, taking to LinkedIn, shared her account quoting an earlier post of hers where she announced the news that she was laid off by Google. (Read full post here) “…until last week I thought I’d have that time whenever it felt right to make that next step. Reality is more humbling than that it seems…,” Neil said, adding that despite all hardships, she sees positivity.