A Growing Distrust in Tech's Easy Answer As the tech industry struggles with the consequences of its own innovation, a growing number of Google employees are speaking out against layoffs.
Over 4,500 workers have signed a petition demanding better severance packages and an end to performance quotas that many see as designed to cull the herd rather than evaluate talent.
The protest on Thursday at Mountain View's Google campus was a stark reminder of the unease simmering beneath the surface of tech's gleaming headquarters.