Google’s headquarters in Manhattan, New York. Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images
- A software engineer died after falling from the 14th floor of Google headquarters, the NYPD confirmed.
- Police responded to an 911 call Thursday and reported an unconscious person on the ground.
- The 31-year-old senior software engineer’s name is being withheld pending notification of the family.
A 31-year-old senior software engineer has died after falling from the 14th floor of Google’s New York office building, the New York Post first reported.
Police responded to an 911 call around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, reporting an unconscious person lying on the ground at 111 Eighth Avenue at West 15th Street in Manhattan, the New York City Police Department confirmed to Insider.
The engineer’s name was not released until the family was notified, the NYPD said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Google didn’t immediately respond to the numerous insider requests for comment made outside of normal business hours.
The New York Post reported in February the death of another Google employee, who police said was committed by apparent suicide at an apartment near Google’s offices. The family organized a GoFundMe page in his honor.
According to the US Bureau of Statistics, there were 307 workplace-related suicide deaths in 2019, the highest number on record.
Google employees have also been affected by the layoffs in the technology industry in recent months.
Google parent Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced Jan. 20 that the company would lay off 6% of its workforce — 12,000 employees.
Hundreds of affected workers used social media like LinkedIn to express their feelings. Many shared their dismay at the way the layoffs had been carried out.
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