Google CEO Sundar Pichai. | Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge
Google has laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10th. CEO Sundar Pichai’s message to employees is to brace for more cuts.
“We have ambitious goals and will be investing in our big priorities this year,” Pichai told all Google employees on Wednesday in an internal memo, part of which was shared with me. “The reality is that to create the capacity for this investment, we have to make tough choices.”
So far, those “tough choices” have included sudden layoffs and reorganizations in Google’s hardware, ad sales, trust and safety, shopping, maps, core engineering, and YouTube teams. In his memo, Pichai said these cuts were about “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas,” and…
by #AI [2.0] January 17, 2024 · Automatic / Legacy 2
