The tech layoffs intensified earlier this year and even as Google continues to cut down staff, an Indian employee stated that the layoffs are not based on performance. 

In a LinkedIn post, Google India employee Animesh Swain stated that pink slips were also served to employees with highest ratings. The list also has names who were recently awarded promotions.

"The people who managed to stay (including me) are not necessarily better than those laid off," Swain was quoted as saying in the post.