Google has laid off about 200 employees and moved some jobs overseas. It’s the latest sign of a long-running effort by Big Tech companies to cut costs and reorganize.
The cuts were announced internally on the eve of Google’s first-quarter earnings release and targeted members of Google’s “core” teams. The team works on the “technical foundation behind the company’s flagship products” and on ensuring users and their online safety. Worldwide IT infrastructure, according to the website.
At least 50 of them worked at Google’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Google plans to hire replacement personnel for these roles in Mexico and India. CNBC reportedand cited a review of internal documents.
“This type of announcement may make many people feel anxious and frustrated,” Asim Hussain, Google’s developer ecosystem vice president, said in an email to staff last week, according to CNBC. .
Hussain said the company’s restructuring plan “is consistent with our broader goals.”
A Google spokesperson confirmed the layoffs and said affected employees can apply for other open positions at the company.
The company also provides outplacement support services and severance benefits as needed.
“As we have said, we are investing responsibly in the company’s biggest priorities and the important opportunities ahead,” a Google spokesperson told the Post on Wednesday.
“To best position our company for these opportunities, in late 2023 and into 2024, we will make changes, remove layers, and help many of our teams work more efficiently and better. We aligned our resources to our biggest product priorities.”
the spokesperson added. “This allows us to simplify our organization and reduce bureaucracy and hierarchy while increasing opportunities for our employees to work on the most innovative and important advances and the company’s biggest priorities.”
Google previously laid off as many as 12,000 employees in 2023, and the layoffs will continue this year, with CEO Sundar Pichai saying the company will focus more resources on developing generative artificial intelligence. It cites “sustainable cost reduction” as its main goal.
Google has confirmed hundreds of layoffs in its ad sales division since January, with a total of more than 1,000 layoffs across other divisions, including teams responsible for hardware products such as Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit. We are reducing staff.
Google Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said in April that the company would develop “growth hubs” in India, Mexico and Ireland as part of its turnaround.
Google’s stock price soared after last week’s earnings report, in which the company announced its first-ever dividend and $70 billion in stock buybacks.
