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On the Record · Alphabet (Google)

Alphabet (Google) layoffs, on the record

Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Alphabet (Google) reported in its annual reports, 2022 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from 190,234 to 190,820.

Headcount, as reported

Annual reportEmployeesAs of
10-K for 2022190,234December 31, 2022
10-K for 2023182,502December 31, 2023
10-K for 2024183,323December 31, 2024
10-K for 2025190,820December 31, 2025

Job cuts, severance and restructuring

  1. Our summaryAlphabet announced a reduction of its workforce and expects to record employee severance and related charges, mostly in the first quarter of 2023. In January 2023 · Affected: approximately 12,000 roles

    Word for word“In January 2023, we announced a reduction of our workforce of approximately 12,000 roles.” 10-K for 2022

  2. Our summaryAlphabet announced a reduction of its workforce and recorded employee severance and related charges for 2023. In January 2023 · Cost: $2.1 billion

    Word for word“In January 2023, we announced a reduction of our workforce, and as a result we recorded employee severance and related charges of $2.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023.” 10-K for 2023

  3. Our summaryAlphabet is taking steps to optimize its global office space, which brought office space exit charges.

    Word for word“In addition, we are taking actions to optimize our global office space.” 10-K for 2023

  4. Our summaryAlphabet is running a company-wide program to re-engineer its cost base, which included the January 2023 workforce reduction and $2.1 billion of severance and related charges. in January 2023

    Word for word“As part of this program, in January 2023, we announced a reduction of our workforce.” 10-K for 2023

  5. Our summaryAlphabet recorded employee severance and related charges of $1.0 billion for 2024, down $1.1 billion from 2023. for the year ended December 31, 2024 · Cost: $1.0 billion

    Word for word“Employee severance and related charges for the year ended December 31, 2024 were $1.0 billion, a decrease of $1.1 billion as compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.” 10-K for 2024

  6. Our summaryAlphabet recorded charges for office space reductions, including accelerated rent and accelerated depreciation, which were lower in 2024 than in 2023. for the year ended December 31, 2024 · Cost: $796 million

    Word for word“Office space charges, including accelerated rent and accelerated depreciation, for the year ended December 31, 2024 were $796 million, a decrease of $1.3 billion as compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.” 10-K for 2024
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedRestructuring charges
2023-12-31$3.93 billion

Alphabet (Google) has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.

Read from Alphabet (Google)’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-05. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.