Google Employee Found Out He Was Fired While Feeding Newborn At 2 AM

A former Google worker has discovered that he observed out approximately his layoff at 2 am whilst he turned into feeding his new child daughter. Nicholas Dufau stated he felt “acutely expendable” whilst he obtained the e-mail days after the delivery of his first child.

The Los Angeles-primarily based totally legal professional turned into operating because the Associate Product Counsel for Google for the ultimate six months. Mr Dufau turned into on parental go away after his daughter turned into born withinside the early hours of January 17. 

Mr Dufau took to LinkedIn to percentage the same. He stated, “Last Tuesday morning at 2am, I have become a father. The subsequent day, my Google teammates showered me with coronary heart emojis and digital confetti, wishing me nicely on my paternity go away. On Friday morning at 2am whilst feeding my infant, I obtained a notification that I had misplaced get entry to to my Google company accounts. I have been laid off thru computerized email.” He additionally shared a photo of himself feeding his infant on his employer’s Slack channel. 

He said that his colleagues stated that Google turned into a employer “that precious its personnel” and recommended him to take the whole quantity of his parental go away. “And so ultimate week marked the cease of my 6 month stint at Google wherein I labored on a group filled with intelligent, driven, and sort folks that welcomed me into their Google family. They reassured me that the employer turned into one which precious its personnel and recommended me to take the whole quantity of my parental go away to cherish this treasured time with my family,” he said. 

Mr Dufau stated that he has been grateful to his group who valued him as a person. 

“Every layoff hurts-the timing of this experience, however, now no longer most effective made me sense acutely expendable, it made me sense naive. Fortunately, a lot of my former colleagues have reached out with warmest needs and sympathies, all whilst they hold to navigate what I’m positive are tumultuous instances at Google,” the previous Google worker introduced. 

He introduced that his spouse and new child daughter are giving him consolation and are looking to elevate his spirits. Concluding the post, he stated, “They have proven me that something problems I can be facing, I nonetheless have a lot greater to be grateful for. #google,”