'Heartbroken': Google Employee Laid Off During Maternity Leave After Serving 12 Years at Tech Giant

A former Recruiting Manager at Google was laid off while on maternity leave after over 12 years at the company. The story of Nichole Foley has now gone viral with many people as it resonated with many. It speaks volumes about the challenges faced by mothers returning to work after giving birth to their child. Nicole had served 12.5 years of her life at Google when she became a target of layoffs. This was when she was busy caring for her 10-week-old infant.

Nicole took to LinkedIn and shared her entire story and it has garnered over 9,000 likes.

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“After 12.5 years at Google, I unfortunately was impacted while on maternity leave by the Google recruiting layoffs that happened last Wednesday. I am heartbroken & devastated to say the least, especially while on leave with a 10 week old. I will however be forever grateful for all of my time at Google, and for the AMAZING people I was able to work with who I call my friends & more importantly, my family," she mentioned.

Nicole further explained how she is having a hard time wrapping her head around what is next or how she is going to interview and work elsewhere at this moment. “But I know that things will work out, and I am excited to see what is next," she said.

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With this, she expressed interest in Staffing Manager roles in any industry. Also, she invited connections, even if there were no immediate job opportunities.

Here is the viral post:

Many people took to the comment section and came in support of her. “Utterly gutted to be reading this, holding you and your family in my heart Nichole. You’re such an incredible leader and model for others, will support you and hope that this moment of unknown is as brief as it can be," commented a LinkedIn user. Another person wrote, “So sorry to hear this Nichole. You were absolutely instrumental in getting me into Google. Happy to spread the word for you."