Google and Amazon discover it's much harder to lay off workers across Europe than the US 

Workers protest outside Google London HQ over the "appalling treatment and union busting" of staff facing redundancies.

After announcing the largest rounds of layoffs in their history, US big tech companies are now learning how difficult it is to reduce headcount in Europe.

In the US, companies can announce widespread job cuts and let go of hundreds if not thousands of workers within months — and many have.