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  • These role eliminations are not at the scale of last year’s reductions, and will not touch every team: Pichai
  • Layoffs this year aim at “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas”

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The repercussions of these challenging decisions have reverberated through various sectors, affecting hardware, advertising sales, trust and safety, shopping, maps, policy core engineering, and YouTube teams.

Google to cut more jobs this year, CEO Sundar Pichai asks employees to brace themselves

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has informed employees to expect more job cuts this year. The announcement comes after Google laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10.

In an internal memo, Pichai revealed that the layoffs this year aim at “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas” . He also cautioned employees to brace themselves for additional cuts in the future.

The impact of these “tough choices” has already been felt across multiple divisions, including hardware, ad sales, trust and safety, shopping, maps, policy core engineering, and YouTube teams.

However, Pichai stressed that these layoffs and reorganisations, while significant, do not mirror the scale of the 12,000 job cuts executed by Google around the same time last year. “These role eliminations are not at the scale of last year’s reductions, and will not touch every team,” Pichai wrote in the memo.

He acknowledged the emotional toll on employees, stating, “But I know it’s very difficult to see colleagues and teams impacted”. Many of these changes are already announced, though to be upfront, some teams will continue to make specific resource allocation decisions throughout the year where needed, and some roles may be impacted.

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