'Not easy decision to make': Google recruiting VC tells employees over job cut in another round of layoffs
1 year, 3 months ago

'Not easy decision to make': Google recruiting VC tells employees over job cut in another round of layoffs

Firstpost  

Google’s recruitment division, which previously employed over 3,000 staff, has already experienced significant reductions in its workforce this year. Google conducted another round of job cuts on Wednesday, informing its recruiter that several hundred of its members would be facing job cuts by day’s end, as per the report of the New York Times. In a video meeting, Brian Ong, Google’s recruiting vice president reportedly told employees that the management, unfortunately, needed to make a significant reduction to the size of the recruiting organisation. “It’s not something that was an easy decision to make, and it definitely isn’t a conversation any of us wanted to have again this year,” Ong said.

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Google And Microsoft Layoffs: Both Tech Giants Cut Up To 1,000 Employees Across Teams
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google And Microsoft Layoffs: Both Tech Giants Cut Up To 1,000 Employees Across Teams

News 18  

The tech layoffs continue in 2024 with Google and Microsoft cutting up to 1,000 jobs from different divisions of their teams. According to latest reports, the Google Cloud business has handed over the pink slips to around 100 employees, while Microsoft has gone deeper into its decision by asking around 1,000 employees to exit the company. Google has already conducted …

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fire Nearly 100 Employees From Cloud Division, Says Report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fire Nearly 100 Employees From Cloud Division, Says Report

ABP News  

Google Layoffs: Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly laying off multiple employees across several teams within Google’s cloud division, which is one of its fastest-growing sectors. Individuals familiar with the matter told the publication that some of those affected by the layoffs had been involved in planning and executing Google's annual event, Google Cloud Next, which took place in mid-April. …

Google Layoffs: Here's What CEO Sundar Pichai Told Employees About Job Cuts
7 months, 1 week ago

Google Layoffs: Here's What CEO Sundar Pichai Told Employees About Job Cuts

ABP News  

In 2024, Google implemented a series of layoffs affecting thousands of employees, mirroring the large-scale layoff of 12,000 employees witnessed in 2023. According to a report by CNBC, during an all-hands meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai fielded questions from concerned employees regarding these workforce reductions. Pichai assured employees that, barring unforeseen changes, the scale of layoffs in the latter half …

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fires 200 Employees From Core Team, Plans To Relocate Roles To India And Mexico
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fires 200 Employees From Core Team, Plans To Relocate Roles To India And Mexico

ABP News  

Layoffs at Google do not seem to stop anytime soon; now, the tech giant has fired its workforce by nearly 200 employees from its "core team" and shifted specific roles overseas as part of cost-cutting measures. The core team at Google is responsible for crafting the "technical underpinnings powering the company's leading products," in addition to ensuring online user safety …

Google layoffs: Company cuts more jobs in these key teams citing reorganisation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google layoffs: Company cuts more jobs in these key teams citing reorganisation

Hindustan Times  

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Google announces second major round of job cuts in 2024, tech giant says 'change is difficult'
8 months ago

Google announces second major round of job cuts in 2024, tech giant says 'change is difficult'

India TV News  

In a significant move, tech giant Google has declared plans for major restructuring, potentially leading to employee layoffs. This announcement follows Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s earlier warning about the potential for more layoffs in 2024. Impact on Google employees While Google did not specify the exact number of employees affected by the latest round of layoffs, reports suggest that it …

Google layoffs: Company announces second major round of job cuts in 2024 saying ‘change is difficult’
8 months ago

Google layoffs: Company announces second major round of job cuts in 2024 saying ‘change is difficult’

Hindustan Times  

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Google layoffs: Tech giant cuts more jobs as part of restructuring
8 months ago

Google layoffs: Tech giant cuts more jobs as part of restructuring

India Today  

Tech giant Google has cut an unspecified number of jobs as part of its effort to restructure some teams, reported Business Insider. Teams across Google’s finance and real estate units have been affected, said two current employees quoted in the report. One individual quoted in the report said the finance departments impacted include Google's Treasury, Business Services, and Revenue Cash …

Google spent ₹17,500 crore to lay off 12,000 employees
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google spent ₹17,500 crore to lay off 12,000 employees

Hindustan Times  

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Big tech turmoil: Google warns employees of more job cuts in coming months
11 months ago

Big tech turmoil: Google warns employees of more job cuts in coming months

Hindustan Times  

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares staff for further job cuts this year
11 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares staff for further job cuts this year

India TV News  

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Google announces fresh layoffs, says we regret to inform you: Read full email sent to 1,000 employees
11 months, 1 week ago

Google announces fresh layoffs, says we regret to inform you: Read full email sent to 1,000 employees

India Today  

Google has announced another round of fresh layoffs and if reports are to be believed, as many as 1,000 employees have been fired. The email says that outplacement services are being offered to laid-off Google employees and state unemployment information as well. Please take a moment to review the information on the Offboarding Site, including essential tasks you need to …

Google lays off hundreds of employees, fires Fitbit co-founders amid cost cutting
11 months, 1 week ago

Google lays off hundreds of employees, fires Fitbit co-founders amid cost cutting

Hindustan Times  

Google announced on Wednesday that it is laying off hundreds of employees across multiple departments, including engineering and hardware. Google has announced that it will cut hundreds of jobs across multiple teams Google is implementing job cuts across several teams as a cost cutting measure for the company. The reorganization of certain teams comes at a time when companies like …

Google's 12,000 job cut decision was made to adjust with the changing economic conditions - Sundar Pichai
1 year ago

Google's 12,000 job cut decision was made to adjust with the changing economic conditions - Sundar Pichai

India TV News  

At Google's all-hands meeting which took place last Tuesday, Sundar Pichai defended the decision of laying off around 12,000 employees. In the meeting, an employee further asked how this decision would be impacting the organisation, based on growth and morale, to which Pichai said, "clear big impact on morale". At Google, we really haven't had a moment quite like that …

Google Lays Off Dozens Of Employees In News Division: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Google Lays Off Dozens Of Employees In News Division: Report

ABP News  

Google is in the spotlight once again as it trims its workforce, this time within its news division, following a significant round of layoffs earlier this year. Google, a tech giant deeply ingrained in news curation and distribution, is renowned for its Google News platform, which provides readers with top-ranking news articles tailored to their interests and geographic locations. This …

Google lays off 40-45 staff from its news division: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Google lays off 40-45 staff from its news division: Report

Live Mint  

Tech giant Google has laid off about 40-45 staff from its news division this week, a report by CNBC has stated. A spokesperson for the Alphabet Workers Union who was unable to provide an exact number of layoffs stated that 40 and 45 employees of Google News had lost their employment, the report said. The spokesperson also said added that …

Google's director of news ecosystem loses job after 13 years of service, plans on returning to India
1 year, 5 months ago

Google's director of news ecosystem loses job after 13 years of service, plans on returning to India

India Today  

Google announced mass layoffs in January this year and around 12,000 people across the world were impacted by the decision. Some top Google employees, including the company's Mental Health head, also lost their jobs as part of the recent layoffs at the company. And now, Google's director of news ecosystem development took to LinkedIn and shared a photo of his …

Google parent company Alphabet cuts more jobs
1 year, 9 months ago

Google parent company Alphabet cuts more jobs

India Today  

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai fired 12000 employees earlier in January. Now, Google’s parent company has fired hundreds of more employees but this time from its self-driving technology unit, Waymo. The company started layoffs in India last month and reports suggest that the company sacked around 400 employees in the country. Many impacted Indian Google employees took to LinkedIn to post …

Layoffs at Google India? 453 employees terminated in late-night move, says report
1 year, 10 months ago

Layoffs at Google India? 453 employees terminated in late-night move, says report

Hindustan Times  

As many as 453 people working for Google in India were laid off 'late at night on Thursday,' according to a report, which also said the layoffs took place across various departments. Representational Image Those terminated received a mail from Sanjay Gupta, Google India's Country Head and Vice President, informing them of their termination, the report, published by the Business …

Google laid off HR while he was in the middle of a call. Read his post
1 year, 10 months ago

Google laid off HR while he was in the middle of a call. Read his post

Hindustan Times  

A Dublin-based recruiter, who was hiring candidates for Google, has revealed he got laid off as part of the company's recently-announced drive to layoff 6% of its workforce, with his termination coming while he was in the middle of a call. The logo of Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in New York City, U.S. Dan Lanigan …

After firing 12000 employees, Google now plans to cut annual bonus of senior executives
1 year, 11 months ago

After firing 12000 employees, Google now plans to cut annual bonus of senior executives

India Today  

Google has just laid off thousands of employees and the company is now planning to make reductions on annual bonuses too. The company's CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed in an internal meeting that the executives and other senior people at the top level will receive compensation cuts, according to a report by CNBC. The cited source reported that all senior …

Google employees who lost jobs feel layoff was not based on performance, Sundar Pichai clarifies
1 year, 11 months ago

Google employees who lost jobs feel layoff was not based on performance, Sundar Pichai clarifies

India Today  

Ever since Google broke the news of firing as many as 12,000 employees, many workers have been confused about how the company plans to do it as they were not informed about it. Nicole Tsai, who was a program manager at Google, said in a TikTok video that the layoffs were “random” and that employees were “blindsided” as it is …

‘Job cuts done to avoid much worse issues…': Google CEO Sundar Pichai
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Job cuts done to avoid much worse issues…': Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Hindustan Times  

Days after Technology giant Google announced that it is laying off 12,000 employees, its Chief executive officer Sundar Pichai on Tuesday said that it was made to avoid “much worse issues”, reported Bloomberg. During an internal meeting, Pichai reportedly said that he had “consulted with the company’s founders and board in making the decision for 6% cuts”. Google CEO Sundar …

Google's parent company Alphabet to lay off 12,000 globally
1 year, 11 months ago

Google's parent company Alphabet to lay off 12,000 globally

Firstpost  

The job cuts mark the latest to hit the technology sector and come within days of rival Microsoft Corp announcing it would lay off 10,000 workers. Online retail giant Amazon on Wednesday began the process of laying off nearly 18,000 staff—the largest ever termination move in its history New Delhi: Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. will lay off nearly 12,000 …

Google parent company Alphabet announces nearly 12,000 job cuts worldwide
1 year, 11 months ago

Google parent company Alphabet announces nearly 12,000 job cuts worldwide

Hindustan Times  

Google's parent company Alphabet announced about 12,000 job cuts globally on Friday, becoming the latest US tech giant to enact large-scale restructuring. "We've decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles," Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email to employees. "We've decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles," Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email …

Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January
1 year, 11 months ago

Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January

NPR  

Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP Google is the latest tech giant to announce a massive layoff: the company announced on Friday that it is slashing about 12,000 jobs. The company already has notified affected employees in the United States, CEO Sundar …

Work hard or get ready for layoffs: Google to its employees
2 years, 4 months ago

Work hard or get ready for layoffs: Google to its employees

India Today  

Just a few days ago, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company has too many employees but too few work. As per the report, some of the top Google executives have warned employees to either show results or get ready for "there will be blood on the streets". The publication reported that Google Cloud sales leadership has threatened Google …

Google to pause hiring for two weeks
2 years, 5 months ago

Google to pause hiring for two weeks

The Hindu  

According to a report from The Information, Prabhakar Raghavan, a Senior Vice President at Google said that the two week hiring pause will not impact offers that have already been extended to applicants. In an email to TedCrunch, a Google spokesperson was quoted as saying, “We are pausing most new offers for two weeks to enable teams to prioritise their …

Microsoft announces job cuts, Google to slow hiring
2 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft announces job cuts, Google to slow hiring

Live Mint  

Microsoft Corp. cut some jobs on Monday as it realigned business groups and roles after the close of its fiscal year on June 30. “We will continue to invest in our business and grow headcount overall in the year ahead.” Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to slow hiring for the remainder of the year in the face of a potential economic …

Google Slows Down Hiring In 2022: Here’s What CEO Sundar Pichai Said To Employees
2 years, 5 months ago

Google Slows Down Hiring In 2022: Here’s What CEO Sundar Pichai Said To Employees

News 18  

Google has confirmed that its hiring process will be slowed down in the second half of 2022, going up to early 2023. Google CEO, Sundar Pichai has conveyed the details of the process, and also explained the ongoing economic slowdown has affected the company’s plans going forward, forcing Google to realign its hiring strategy and focus on the core areas …

Sundar Pichai’s email to Google employees on hiring. Full text here
2 years, 5 months ago

Sundar Pichai’s email to Google employees on hiring. Full text here

Live Mint  

Amid the economic recession, Alphabet Inc.’s Google will slow down the hiring for the remainder of the year, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said in an email to staff. Google parent Alphabet, which employed almost 164,000 people as of March 31, has hired primarily in recent years for Google’s cloud division and new fields like hardware. Here is what Sundar …

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