Google CEO Sundar Pichai instructed staff to count on extra job cuts on the Alphabet-owned firm this yr, The Verge reported on Wednesday, citing an inside memo.
Pichai stated within the memo that the layoffs this yr have been targeted on eradicating layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas, in line with the report.
The transfer provides to indicators that job cuts will proceed this yr, as corporations look to undertake synthetic intelligence software program and automation to lighten workloads.
“These position eliminations are usually not on the scale of final yr’s reductions, and won’t contact each workforce,” Pichai knowledgeable all staff within the memo.
“Now we have bold targets, and shall be investing in our massive priorities this yr.”
A Google consultant confirmed to Reuters that an e 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 chargeable for Pixel, Nest and Fitbit, promoting gross sales workforce, in addition to in its augmented actuality workforce.
The layoffs at Google Assistant, first reported by information platform Semafor, are part of organizational adjustments which have been in place because the second half of 2023, which included layoffs on the firm’s mapping app Waze.
A number of hundred roles are being eradicated within the firm’s Units and Companies workforce, with the bulk within the 1P AR {hardware} workforce, the corporate stated, confirming a report by tech media web site 9to5Google, which first reported the reorganization.
In January 2023, Alphabet introduced plans to chop 12,000 jobs, or 6 %, of its world workforce. As of September 2023, the corporate had 1,82,381 staff globally.
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