About 250 Google employees in Zurich quit their jobs yesterday in protest at the company’s decision in January to drastically cut about 6% of its global workforce. The workers, backed by the Cindycom union, left their offices before noon and gathered with their posters outside one of the American giant’s two offices in the Swiss city. The participants in the mobilization asked Google to enter into a dialogue with the working committee, as required by Swiss law, when it is necessary to find alternatives to job cuts, as well as to support foreign citizens whose residence is related to their employment, said Dominique, a spokesman for the union. Fitze. They also urged the high-tech company not to cut jobs further, the union spokesman added. It should be noted that while the protesters represented a small percentage of Google’s roughly 5,000 employees based in Zurich, it was rare for the tech team to leave their jobs, especially since they were considered privileged around the world prior to mass layoffs. They were preceded by similar actions by unions of colleagues from New York and California earlier this month in connection with job cuts.

Mobilization outside the tech giant’s office in a Swiss city.

“We know this is a challenging time for our employees and we are working hard to communicate updates as soon as possible in accordance with local labor laws,” a Google spokesperson said. Last month Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced plans to cut more than 12,000 jobs by joining other tech giants.