4,500 Google Workers Petition Sundar Pichai Over Layoffs and AI-Era Job Security

Nearly 100 Google employees gathered at the company's Mountain View headquarters to deliver a petition signed by 4,500 workers to CEO Sundar Pichai. The action was led by Alphabet Workers Union president Parul Koul under the Googlers for Job Security campaign. Workers are demanding guaranteed severance packages, voluntary exit options before layoffs occur, and an end to performance quotas tied to AI-era restructuring. Since executives were not present at the time, the petition was slipped under their office doors. The protest reflects growing anxiety among tech workers as layoffs continue to rise across the industry.