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Google CEO Sundar Pichai tells employees to expect more job cuts this year: Report
18Jan By adminNo Comments
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai tells employees to expect more job cuts this year: Report

[ad_1] Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees to expect more job cuts at the Alphabet-owned company this year, The Verge reported on Wednesday, citing an internal memo.Pichai said in the memo that the layoffs this year were focused on removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas, according to the report. The move adds to signs that job cuts will continue this year, as companies look to adopt artificial intelligence software and automation to lighten workloads. "These role eliminations are not at the scale of last year's reductions, and will not touch every team," Pichai informed all employees in the memo."We have ambitious goals, and will be investing in our big priorities this year."A Google representative confirmed to Reuters that an email was sent to all em...
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Google layoffs: Tech titan eliminates hundreds of jobs in ad team tweak
17Jan By adminNo Comments
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Google layoffs: Tech titan eliminates hundreds of jobs in ad team tweak

[ad_1] Google layoffs: The Alphabet-owned company on Tuesday confirmed it is eliminating "a few hundred" positions from its global ad team, amid a push to use artificial intelligence for efficiency and creativity. The job cuts to its "large customer" sales team are intended to result in better support for small and medium size businesses advertising on Google's platform, according to the internet giant.Expansion of small business ad teams at Google was expected by the company to result in increased hiring this year. Google made no mention of generative AI, which is disrupting many sectors including advertising. Also read: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked LIVE Updates: Samsung to unveil flagship Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy AI, and moreLast week, Google's cloud computing unit announced new AI tools ...
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Hundreds of Google Assistant software, Devices and Services workers laid off
11Jan By adminNo Comments
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Hundreds of Google Assistant software, Devices and Services workers laid off

[ad_1] Google is in the news again. This time it has announced yet another round of layoffs that is happening and this time it is all about those working on the voice-activated Google Assistant software and other departments. The number of lay offs is quite large and runs into hundreds. Apart from hundreds of people being laid off who were working on its voice-activated Google Assistant software, parent company Alphabet also eliminated a similar number of roles in the company's Devices and Services team. The Google layoffs at Google Assistant, first reported by news platform Semafor, are a part of organizational changes that have been in place since the second-half of 2023, which included layoffs at the company's mapping app Waze, Reuters reported. A few hundred roles are being eliminat...
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Google to layoff 30000 staff? AI just cost these employees their jobs, says report
24Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google to layoff 30000 staff? AI just cost these employees their jobs, says report

[ad_1] Just ahead of Christmas, the festival of giving, Google might play the role of the Grinch and steal its employees' happiness. According to a report, as many as 30000 employees may face layoffs soon in Google and the reason behind it might shock you. It is said that the AI innovation by the company has led to those positions being surplus, so the company is planning to trim its workforce accordingly. The ad sales department of the company will be restructured during the reported layoffs.According to a report by Live Mint, which quoted The Information, many job roles in Google's ad sales department are becoming redundant after Google introduced new AI tools. These AI tools can give suggestions as well as create ads for its clients that have the capability of performing well. These ...
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Still hiring: Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta layoffs give other sectors an opening
28Jun By adminNo Comments
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Still hiring: Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta layoffs give other sectors an opening

[ad_1] For the thousands of workers who'd never experienced upheaval in the tech sector, the recent mass layoffs at companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta came as a shock.Now they are being courted by long-established employers whose names aren't typically synonymous with tech work, including hotel chains, retailers, investment firms, railroad companies and even the Internal Revenue Service. All of those sectors have signaled on recruiting platforms that they are still hiring software engineers, data scientists and cybersecurity specialists despite the layoffs in Big Tech. It's a chance for them to level the playing field against tech giants that have long had their pick of the top talent with lucrative compensation, alluring perks and sheer name recognition. No employer is m...
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Big Tech Binged on Workers During Covid. Now, the Purge.
27Jan By adminNo Comments
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Big Tech Binged on Workers During Covid. Now, the Purge.

[ad_1] The spate of layoffs is a reaction to a hiring wave during the pandemic that got out of hand. But will it be an overreaction? The layoff announcements coming lately from the chief executive officers of big technology companies all contain variations on the theme of “we hired too many people during the pandemic,” expressed with varying degrees of contrition. At one end of the spectrum are Seattleites Andy Jassy of Amazon.com Inc. and Satya Nadella of Microsoft Corp. Amazon's layoffs were simply an outgrowth of its annual review, Jassy wrote, although he did allow that “this year's review has been more difficult given the uncertain economy and that we've hired rapidly over the last several years.” Microsoft's Nadella opted for bland corporatespeak: “As we saw customers acceler...
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Google says U.S. Justice Department complaint is ‘without merit’
26Jan By adminNo Comments
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Google says U.S. Justice Department complaint is ‘without merit’

[ad_1] Google said on Wednesday it believes the complaint from the U.S. Department of Justice accusing the company of abusing its dominance in digital advertising is "without merit". Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it believes the complaint from the U.S. Department of Justice accusing the company of abusing its dominance in digital advertising is "without merit". The company also added it will "defend itself vigorously". The government on Tuesday said Google should be forced to sell its ad manager suite, tackling a business that generated about 12% of Google's revenue in 2021 while also playing a vital role in the search engine and cloud company's overall sales. Google, which depends on its advertising business for about 80% of its revenue, said the government was "doub...
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Google’s Pichai Tells Staff Cuts Avoided ‘Much Worse’ Problems
24Jan By adminNo Comments
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Google’s Pichai Tells Staff Cuts Avoided ‘Much Worse’ Problems

[ad_1] Google’s chief executive officer told employees that cuts were made in a bid to act decisively as the company’s growth slowed. Google's chief executive officer told employees that cuts were made in a bid to act decisively as the company's growth slowed. In an internal meeting, Sundar Pichai, who is CEO of Google parent Alphabet Inc., said he had consulted with the company's founders and board in making the decision for 6% cuts, according to remarks reviewed by Bloomberg. “If you don't act clearly and decisively and early, we can compound the problem and make it much worse,” Pichai said. “These are decisions I needed to make.” Google said on Friday that it would cut about 12,000 jobs, becoming the latest tech giant to retrench after years of abundant growth and hiring. ...
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Google Slashes Most Jobs at Area 120 Incubator as Part of Cuts
24Jan By adminNo Comments
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Google Slashes Most Jobs at Area 120 Incubator as Part of Cuts

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.’s Google has cut most of the jobs at Area 120, its in-house incubator for new projects, as part of a broad wave of layoffs across the company. Alphabet Inc.'s Google has cut most of the jobs at Area 120, its in-house incubator for new projects, as part of a broad wave of layoffs across the company. Three projects in the incubator will “graduate” later this year, meaning they will be folded into Google, a company spokesperson said Friday. “We have made the difficult decision to wind down the majority of the Area 120 team,” the spokesperson said. The managing partner of Area 120 remains with the company, the spokesperson said. Virtually all other workers who weren't involved in the three projects have lost their jobs, according to two people with knowledge of...
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Google staff anxiety runs high after 12000 colleagues cut
22Jan By adminNo Comments
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Google staff anxiety runs high after 12000 colleagues cut

[ad_1] The company, owned by Alphabet Inc., had finally decided to cut 12000 employees, or 6 percent of the workforce. Google employees, after watching peers at rival tech firms lose their jobs en masse, were anxious about when layoffs would happen to them. Then on Friday morning, some of them couldn't get into their corporate accounts. The company, owned by Alphabet Inc., had finally decided to cut 12,000 employees, or 6% of the workforce. Employees described a mostly orderly if impersonal transition, communicated mostly via the same technology products they helped build, with no direct answers for individuals about why they were included or not. Some found out they lost their jobs via messages sent to their personal email addresses. With no central way to...
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