Sundar Pichai tells employees, Google will slow down hiring for the rest of 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

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

India Today  

Google is reportedly slowing down hiring processes for the rest of 2022. According to a memo by CEO Sundar Pichai to employees, obtained by The Verge, Google will still support its "most important opportunities", and focus on hiring engineering, technical and other critical roles. Pichai's memo comes weeks after Meta announced similar measures since the company failed to achieve its revenue targets. Pichai, in his memo, also highlights that the company hired approximately 10,000 employees in the second quarter of this year, and has a "number of commitments for Q3". "For the balance of 2022 and 2023, we'll focus our hiring on engineering, technical and other critical roles, and make sure the great talent we do hire is aligned with our long-term priorities," he reportedly wrote in the memo.

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‘Stakes are high’: Google CEO Sundar Pichai says 2025 will be a defining year for the company
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‘Stakes are high’: Google CEO Sundar Pichai says 2025 will be a defining year for the company

Hindustan Times  

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company will see 2025 as a defining year due to the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence in a strategy meeting held in California on December 18, CNBC reported. Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. "Scaling Gemini on the consumer side will be our biggest focus …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has a message for his employees for 2025, says we need to move faster
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has a message for his employees for 2025, says we need to move faster

India Today  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has outlined ambitious goals for 2025, calling it an important year for the company amidst rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. Addressing employees during a strategy meeting at Google’s Mountain View headquarters, Pichai emphasised the urgency of adapting to a rapidly evolving tech landscape, citing the importance of delivering innovative solutions and maintaining focus. In 2025, we …

‘2025 will be critical’: Sundar Pichai explains why ‘stakes are high’ for Google next year
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Live Mint  

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Google trimmed 10% of management roles in its yearlong push for efficiency, CEO Sundar Pichai
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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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Google cut 10% of managerial roles in push for efficiency: Report
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Google cut 10% of managerial roles in push for efficiency: Report

Hindustan Times  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently revealed in an all-hands meeting that the company has slashed 10% of its managerial roles, including directors and VPs, according to the Business Insider. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, California. The layoff saga started back in 2022 when Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced a plan to make …

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Plans To Cut 10% Management Positions, Says Report
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Plans To Cut 10% Management Positions, Says Report

ABP News  

The tech giant Google has reportedly reduced its management positions by 10 per cent, impacting roles at the manager, director, and vice president levels as a part of its strategy. During a recent all-hands meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai provided updates on the company's ongoing efforts to enhance efficiency. This restructuring, which has taken place over the past two years, …

Google layoffs: CEO Sundar Pichai announces 10 per cent job cuts, says it is to boost efficiency
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Google layoffs: CEO Sundar Pichai announces 10 per cent job cuts, says it is to boost efficiency

India Today  

In a significant development at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai has announced a reduction of 10 per cent in management and vice president-level roles. According to two individuals familiar with the matter, Pichai stated that Google has implemented changes over the past few years to streamline operations and improve efficiency, as per the report. The recent changes emphasise Google’s ongoing efforts …

Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai announces 10 per cent job cuts in managerial roles amid rising AI competition
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Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai announces 10 per cent job cuts in managerial roles amid rising AI competition

India TV News  

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Sundar Pichai hints at a 'profound' shift coming to Google Search as AI continues to evolve
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Sundar Pichai hints at a 'profound' shift coming to Google Search as AI continues to evolve

Hindustan Times  

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

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Sundar Pichai on when Google layoffs will stop? ‘We can’t do it now…’
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Hindustan Times  

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

Hindustan Times  

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Sundar Pichai's job as Google CEO in trouble? Calls grow for his resignation
10 months, 1 week ago

Sundar Pichai's job as Google CEO in trouble? Calls grow for his resignation

Hindustan Times  

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Big tech turmoil: Google warns employees of more job cuts in coming months
11 months, 3 weeks 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

India TV News  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has informed employees to expect additional job cuts this year. Message from Sundar Pichai Pichai stated in the memo that despite having ambitious goals and plans for significant investments this year, tough choices and job cuts are necessary to create the capacity for these initiatives. Additional Job Cuts in Advertising Sales Following the recent layoffs, Google …

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

Tech Layoffs: Is Google planning another round of layoffs? CEO Sundar Pichai explains
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Tech Layoffs: Is Google planning another round of layoffs? CEO Sundar Pichai explains

Firstpost  

Google may be planning another round of layoffs. In a recent interview, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the tech giant was “allocating personnel in accordance with its highest priority areas,” and that if needed Google may lay more people off. In a recent Wall Street Journal Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s comments has led many people to believe that Google …

More Layoffs On The Cards In Google? CEO Sundar Pichai Hints At Another Round Of Job Cuts: Report
1 year, 8 months ago

More Layoffs On The Cards In Google? CEO Sundar Pichai Hints At Another Round Of Job Cuts: Report

ABP News  

US tech major Google is planning more layoffs as its CEO Sundar Pichai has spoken out about the possibility of a second round of job cut in the company. The year 2023 has already seen a significant number of layoffs as global tech giants, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and others have terminated employees to cut cost. A few months ago, …

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Is Google planning another round of layoffs? Here’s what CEO Sundar Pichai said

India TV News  

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says Bard will progress next week
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says Bard will progress next week

The Hindu  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company’s AI-powered chatbot Bard will progress from next week as the company quickly trains it and upgrades Bard to more powerful models. During an episode of the Hard Fork podcast on Friday, Mr. Pichai explained that Bard was using a “lightweight and efficient version” of its LaMDA language model, and compared Bard to …

Layoffs, desk sharing, fewer promotions and more: How Sundar Pichai is helping Google save money
1 year, 10 months ago

Layoffs, desk sharing, fewer promotions and more: How Sundar Pichai is helping Google save money

India Today  

Earlier this year, Google announced the layoff of 12,000 employees as part of its cost-cutting measures. The company has also highlighted a slowdown in growth and so, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has been taking some measures to save the company’s money. Here is a look at how Sundar Pichai is helping Google save money. Layoffs, desk sharing, fewer promotions: How …

After India, Google starts laying off employees in this country
1 year, 10 months ago

After India, Google starts laying off employees in this country

India Today  

Google's China division has started laying off employees after company CEO Sundar Pichai announced plans to let go 12,000 workers globally in January. According to the Beijing-based media company Pandaily, the current round of layoffs at Google China office mainly affects high-paid senior employees "in an effort to reset the salary standard and reduce operating costs while improving overall work …

Google layoffs: Senior executives to take pay cuts this year, announces Sundar Pichai
1 year, 11 months ago

Google layoffs: Senior executives to take pay cuts this year, announces Sundar Pichai

Hindustan Times  

Top executives at Google will be subjected to pay cuts this year as part of the company's cost cutting measures, said CEO Sundar Pichai, with his statement coming in a meeting on Monday to address the ‘largest’ round of layoffs in the tech giant's history. Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. “All roles above the senior vice president …

‘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 to axe 12,000 workers; CEO Pichai says sorry
1 year, 11 months ago

Google to axe 12,000 workers; CEO Pichai says sorry

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW YORK: Google will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe, its CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Friday, becoming the latest tech giant after Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon to retrench staff en mass amid the global economic downturn. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today,” Pichai said in …

Sundar Pichai’s mail to staff as Google announces 12,000 layoffs: Full text
1 year, 11 months ago

Sundar Pichai’s mail to staff as Google announces 12,000 layoffs: Full text

Live Mint  

Just as Google parent Alphabet announces 12,000 job cuts, CEO Sundar Pichai’s mail to its staff started circulating on social media. Sundar Pichai also mentioned in the email that Google would support the impacted employees through 2022 bonuses, healthcare, job placement services, and immigration support. SUNDAR PICHAI’S EMAIL TO EMPLOYEES ANNOUNCING LAYOFFS: FULL TEXT Googlers, I have some difficult news …

Google CEO Pichai Discusses Cost Cuts, Layoffs, Macroeconomic Conditions
2 years, 3 months ago

Google CEO Pichai Discusses Cost Cuts, Layoffs, Macroeconomic Conditions

News 18  

Explaining cost-cutting by the tech giant, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is being “a bit more responsible through one of the toughest macroeconomic conditions underway in the past decade”. Pichai faced tough questions from employees on issues including cutting on travel and entertainment budgets, managing productivity and potential layoffs, the report said. The fact that you know, we …

Google to Lay Off Employees? Exec Warns If Q3 Results Don't Improve There Will be 'Blood on Streets'
2 years, 4 months ago

Google to Lay Off Employees? Exec Warns If Q3 Results Don't Improve There Will be 'Blood on Streets'

News 18  

Amid a trend of layoffs and a freeze in hiring among major IT and software companies, Google executives have reportedly warned its employees to work harder or be prepared to leave as “there will be blood on the streets” if the next quarterly earnings are not as per expectations. As per a report by Insider, a company message sent by …

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 …

After Google, Apple may slowdown hiring until 2023 to cut costs
2 years, 5 months ago

After Google, Apple may slowdown hiring until 2023 to cut costs

India Today  

The tech industry is going through turbulent times for various reasons. Apple now reportedly plans to slowdown the hiring process until next year, 2023, in order to cope with the “economic downturn”. Google slows hiring Other big tech companies are also adjusting their hiring plans, at least until next year. Pichai said that the company would focus on hiring for …

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

ABP News  

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,” …

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 …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s vision for return to work
2 years, 10 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s vision for return to work

Live Mint  

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is a night owl who says he gets a second wind around 9 p.m. After 10 p.m., though, is when he’s most productive, and he says he finds it very helpful to power through a lot of work at that hour. Because I only write three to five things—so it’s in my head, what …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that he will review the exit of top AI researcher
4 years ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that he will review the exit of top AI researcher

India Today  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a letter to his employees has addressed the recent exit of Dr Timnit Gebru, a technical co-lead of Google's ethical-artificial-intelligence team, and noted that he will review her exit. "We need to accept responsibility for the fact that a prominent Black, female leader with immense talent left Google unhappily," Pichai noted. "Dr Gebru did not …

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