Follow the latest news from Google circuits of cuts CEO Sundar Pichai told remaining employees to expect further downsizing later this year, affecting more than a thousand jobs. according to The VergePichai sent an internal memo on Wednesday that said “some teams will continue to make specific resource allocation decisions throughout the year as needed to be proactive and may impact some roles.”
The executive explained that the latest “role elimination” involved “removing layers to simplify implementation and increase speed in some areas.” this is another way of packaging the situation. A little more reassuringly, Pichai says some of these won’t scale. 12,000 jobs are being cut This time last year and not every team will be affected. But the numbers are, of course, relative.
Google isn’t the only prominent tech company to lay off already in early 2024. Earlier this month, the industry also saw Discord, Meta, Amazon, Twitch, Humane AI, Unity and Duolingo. does similar actions on different scales. Hopefully, LinkedIn will launch its own AI-powered product in time “Work Collections” feature will help those affected to write a new post quickly.
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