Google has recently carried out multiple project layoffs and personnel reductions, and according to a latest memo from Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Google will continue to lay off employees in 2024.
According to The Verge, Pichai said in the memo that Google has “ambitious goals and will invest in significant priorities this year.” However, Pichai said that in order to achieve these goals, the company will “have to make hard choices . ” Pichai wrote in the memo:
Many of these changes have already been announced, some teams will continue to make specific resource allocation decisions as needed throughout the year, and certain positions may be impacted.
According to previous reports, Pichai revealed in January 2023 that Google would lay off 12,000 people, accounting for approximately 6% of the total number of employees at the time.
Since 2024, Google has laid off more than 1,000 employees. The company first laid off hundreds of jobs in its devices and services divisions as part of an overall reorganization of the team, with the Pixel, Fitbit and Nest hardware teams now combined under unified management.
Google also confirmed layoffs from its Assistant team and core engineering team, with hundreds of employees affected in each department. Earlier this week, its ad sales division laid off hundreds more employees. About 100 YouTube team members were laid off on Wednesday. Likewise, Google is expected to see more smaller layoffs in the future, according to Pichai’s memo.
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