How safe is your job at Google (Alphabet)?
Your Engineering job at Google (Alphabet) in India has a risk score of 38/100 — stable.
The most recent reported layoff hit around 52 roles on August 5, 2026. 3 people have reported cuts here in the past 90 days.
Employee sentiment looks relatively steady (based on 10 employee votes plus data signals).
Check the detailed report below for the full breakdown.
No Engineering- or India-specific signals for Google (Alphabet) yet — showing the company-wide outlook.
Current risk score
0 = safer outlook, 100 = higher layoff risk. Small figure = 7-day change.
Latest confirmed layoff
Confirmed Aug 5, 2026 · WA ESD WARN
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How's the vibe in Google (Alphabet)?
1 confirmed layoff event(s), 52 affected in last 180 days
52 confirmed layoffs in last 180 days — about 0.0% of the workforce
+214.2% vs estimates
Recent layoff events
Latest disclosed workforce actions affecting this company.
EPS
Est: $2.90
Revenue
EPS
Est: $2.67
Revenue
Google (Alphabet) layoff risk analysis
Google (Alphabet) risk trend over the last 90 days
Across the last 80 days of scoring, Google (Alphabet)'s layoff risk climbed 5 points, moving from 33 on July 15, 2026 to 38 today. It peaked at 62 on August 23, 2026 and bottomed out at 30 on July 20, 2026, a 32-point spread over the period. That leaves Google (Alphabet) in the low-risk band today, and the size of the swing means the current reading is worth re-checking weekly rather than treating as settled.
Google (Alphabet) layoff history
PinkSlip has recorded 5 confirmed layoff events at Google (Alphabet), running from May 2024 to August 2026. Together they account for roughly 377 disclosed roles, or about 0.21% of an estimated 183,000-person workforce. Scoring uses that share rather than the raw number, because the same headcount means very different things at a 10,000-person company and a 200,000-person one. Sources: WA ESD WARN, layoffs.fyi. Recent events weigh more than older ones — each decays on a half-life instead of dropping out on a fixed date — so the most recent filing on August 5, 2026 carries the most weight in today's score.
How Google (Alphabet) compares to other tech employers
Google (Alphabet) (GOOGL) is a Search & Cloud company tracked as part of the NASDAQ-100 and currently scores 38 out of 100, where 0 is the safest reading and 100 the riskiest. That is riskier than 75% of the 89 tech employers PinkSlip tracks. Over the past week the score held flat, and over the past month it eased 14 points.
What is driving the Google (Alphabet) score
Google (Alphabet)'s current reading is supported from two independent directions: confirmed public filings, and 3 anonymous reports submitted by people in the past 90 days. Agreement between a public record and first-hand accounts is the strongest configuration the model recognises. Absence of reports is deliberately not treated as evidence of safety — a quiet company and an unobserved one look identical in public data, so the model never discounts risk for silence alone. At this level the signals do not suggest imminent action, though the score is recomputed every morning and a single filing or earnings miss can move it quickly.
Google (Alphabet) layoff risk — frequently asked questions
Has Google (Alphabet) had layoffs recently?
PinkSlip has tracked 5 layoff events at Google (Alphabet) in the past year, the latest on August 5, 2026, totalling roughly 377 disclosed roles. Undisclosed headcounts are excluded from that total, so treat it as a floor rather than a full count.
How is the Google (Alphabet) layoff risk score calculated?
PinkSlip blends 10+ public data sources — historical layoff events, quarterly earnings, hiring and news signals, and anonymous crowd reports — into a single 0–100 layoff risk score. Signals are weighted by how predictive they have been historically, and each one decays on a half-life as it ages rather than expiring on a fixed date — so a layoff announced last month weighs roughly twice as much as the same layoff two months earlier, and fades out gradually instead of disappearing overnight.
How often does the Google (Alphabet) risk score update?
Every day. An automated job re-scrapes the public sources each morning and recomputes every tracked company's score, so the 7-day movement shown above always compares against freshly ingested data. Quarterly earnings refresh on each company's own reporting schedule.
Where does PinkSlip's Google (Alphabet) layoff data come from?
The layoff events listed above are sourced from WA ESD WARN, layoffs.fyi. Across all companies PinkSlip aggregates state WARN notices, layoffs.fyi, quarterly earnings filings, and layoff coverage from major business and tech outlets. Everything is public data — no employer submissions, and no paywalled sources.