Google has laid off over a thousand staff throughout varied departments since January tenth. CEO Sundar Pichai’s message to staff is to brace for extra cuts.
“We’ve bold objectives and will probably be investing in our huge priorities this 12 months,” Pichai advised all Google staff on Wednesday in an inner memo, a part of which was shared with me. “The fact is that to create the capability for this funding, we’ve to make robust selections.”
Up to now, these “robust selections” have included sudden layoffs and reorganizations in Google’s {hardware}, advert gross sales, belief and security, purchasing, maps, core engineering, and YouTube groups. In his memo, Pichai mentioned these cuts have been about “eradicating layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas,” and he confirmed what many inside Google have been fearing: that extra “position eliminations” are to return.
“Many of those modifications are already introduced, although to be upfront, some groups will proceed to make particular useful resource allocation selections all year long the place wanted, and a few roles could also be impacted,” he wrote.
“These position eliminations will not be on the scale of final 12 months’s reductions, and won’t contact each crew,” he mentioned, referencing when Google minimize 12,000 jobs this time final 12 months. “However I do know it’s very tough to see colleagues and groups impacted.”