(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Passengers await a BART train in Walnut Creek, September 2022.
The Bay Area powered to big job gains during December, an upswing that defied the effects of months of tech layoff announcements and accounted for the vast majority of California’s job gains, a Friday report shows.
“Despite frequent headlines about layoffs in the tech sector, Bay Area employers expanded payrolls during December,” said Taner Osman, research manager with Beacon Economics.
Still, Friday also brought the revelation that Mountain View-based Google would cut 12,000 jobs worldwide, the largest layoff in the company’s history. While no specific jobs or locations