Hundreds of Google employees have reportedly been informed of the planned layoffs, days after the search giant announced it would cut at least 1,000 jobs.
Google's chief business officer, Philip Schindler, circulated a memo to employees on Tuesday announcing that “hundreds” of employees on the ad sales team would lose their jobs. According to Business Insider.
Mr. Schindler told staff that the reorganization was part of a restructuring effort affecting the division that sells advertising to large corporations.
“Future GCS [Google Customer Solutions] LCS will be your central channel to scale growth by dynamically delivering the right care to every customer. [Large Customer Sales] In his memo, Schindler will reportedly focus on transformational growth for its largest and most sophisticated customers.
The Post has reached out to Google for comment.
Last week, Google confirmed it would lay off about 1,000 employees in its Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest divisions.
News of the layoffs was communicated to each department, making it difficult to ascertain the exact number of people laid off.
Google employees were furious with CEO Sundar Pichai for not speaking publicly about the layoffs. According to The Verge.
“Dear company, thank you for the new annual tradition,” one employee wrote on an internal meme board.
Last year, Google laid off about 12,000 employees as technology companies sought to cut costs in anticipation of an economic downturn.
At the time of the layoffs, the company had approximately 187,000 employees worldwide.
“Each year, we go through a rigorous process to build our team to ensure we can best serve our advertising customers,” a company spokesperson told Business Insider.
“We map customers to the appropriate specialized teams and sales channels to meet their service needs,” a representative said, adding, “Hundreds of roles are being eliminated around the world and affected employees. will be able to apply for open roles on the team or elsewhere,” added Google. ”
Shares of Google's parent company Alphabet were down about 0.6% as of midday Tuesday.
