Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs

Main Idea: The article argues that Sundar Pichai and other top tech CEOs should face the blame for mass layoffs at Alphabet and Google instead of passing the pain to workers.

Key Points:

• Pichai said Google’s 12,000 layoffs came after a review of the company’s structure and economy, but the article says he gave little real accountability.
• The piece says many tech companies blamed the economy for cuts, even when bad CEO decisions and expensive bets helped create the problem.
• It argues that layoffs hurt workers more than executives, while companies and CEOs often stay highly profitable and keep their power.
• The article says some CEOs, like those at Apple and Intel, cut their own pay instead of relying on layoffs, showing a different model of leadership.