Google Employee Laid Off While On Maternity Leave After 12.5 Years

The past few months have been uncertain for the IT sector as several tech giants have carried out massive layoffs. Recently, a US woman shared on LinkedIn about being laid off by Google while she was on maternity leave after working for over 12 years at the company.

Nichole Foley, former recruiting manager at Google, explained she was “heartbroken and devastated” after being laid off while she was on maternity leave with her 10-week-old baby.

Google Employee Laid Off While On Maternity Leave

Her post read, “After 12.5 years at Google, I was unfortunately impacted while on maternity leave by the Google recruiting layoffs that happened last Wednesday. I am heartbroken and devastated, to say the least, especially while on leave with a 10-week-old. She added that she would, however, be grateful for all the time at Google, for the amazing people she was able to work with, whom she can call her friends, and more importantly, her family.

Further, she shared that although she was unsure of what was going to happen next, she coped with it and believed that things would eventually work out.

She explained that she was trying to wrap her head around what was going to happen next and how she was going to interview or work somewhere else at this moment, but she believed everything would work out, and she was excited to see what happened next.

Determined to restart her career, she urged people on LinkedIn to suggest better opportunities and invited connections. She asked people to keep her in mind if they knew of any staffing member roles in any industry or programme manager roles. She also asked people to reach out to her if they were looking for IC recruiters for any industries, as her team was heavily impacted but were incredible recruiters.

Read the post here.

Many people reached out to her in the comment sections and some offered support. Some netizens shared similar stories of being laid off during maternity leave, which revealed how common such situations are.

One woman expressed how sorry she was and shared that it happened to her in May. She offered encouragement by stating that mothers are strong and will find new positions that perfectly fit with their families.

Another user wished her the best in her search for her next big thing, adding that even though it might be legal, it was shameful to inflict this kind of stress on a pregnant, lactating, or caretaking body. The user who claimed to be a fellow mom said that the whole world full of decent humans feels embarrassed for Foley’s manager or whichever authority decided this was okay.

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