Google CEO Sundar Pichai tells staff to count on extra job cuts this 12 months
Google CEO Sundar Pichai informed staff to count on extra job cuts on the Alphabet-owned firm this 12 months, The Verge reported on Wednesday, citing an inside memo.
Pichai stated within the memo that the layoffs this 12 months had been centered on eradicating layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas, based on the report.
The transfer provides to indicators that job cuts will proceed this 12 months, as firms look to undertake synthetic intelligence software program and automation to lighten workloads.
“These function eliminations will not be on the scale of final 12 months’s reductions, and won’t contact each workforce,” Pichai knowledgeable all staff within the memo.
“We now have bold objectives, and shall be investing in our large priorities this 12 months.”
A Google consultant confirmed to Reuters that an electronic mail was despatched to all staff, however refused to reveal additional contents of the memo.
Final week, Google stated it could lay off a number of staff in its Voice Assistant items, {hardware} groups accountable for Pixel, Nest and Fitbit, promoting gross sales workforce, in addition to in its augmented actuality workforce.
In January 2023, Alphabet introduced plans to chop 12,000 jobs, or 6%, of its world workforce. As of September 2023, the corporate had 182,381 staff globally.
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(With Reuters inputs)
