Google To Slow Hiring For The Rest Of The Year As Recession Looms, Says Sundar Pichai
2 years, 5 months ago

Google To Slow Hiring For The Rest Of The Year As Recession Looms, Says Sundar Pichai

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Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday in an email to employees that the company plans to slow hiring for the rest of the year in the wake of a potential economic recession, Bloomberg reported. “Moving forward, we need to be more entrepreneurial, working with greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days,” Pichai wrote. The tech giant paused hiring after the financial crisis more than a decade ago, but has since regularly added waves of new employees for its main advertising business as well as areas such as smartphones, self-driving cars and wearable devices that aren’t yet profitable. 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.

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Google trimmed 10% of management roles in its yearlong push for efficiency, CEO Sundar Pichai

Live Mint  

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ABP News  

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India TV News  

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Firstpost  

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ABP News  

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Hindustan Times  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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India Today  

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India Today  

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2 years, 5 months ago

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News 18  

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Sundar Pichai tells employees, Google will slow down hiring for the rest of 2022

India Today  

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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  

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2 years, 5 months ago

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CNN  

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