Google Layoffs: Sundar Pichai announces major job cuts in these top roles amid threat from OpenAI
Google CEO Sundar Pichai to the company's employees in an all-hands meeting on Wednesday, reports Business Insider.
The changes were made by the Google over the past couple of years to simplify the company and be more efficient, two people said on the condition of anonymity. A Google spokesperson told the Business Insider that some employees whose positions had been cut would be «transitioned to individual contributor roles», while some others were «role eliminations».
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In Wednesday's all-hands meeting, Pichai also clarified the meaning of the word «Googleyness,» telling staff that it needed updating for a modern Google. Goohleyness is an amorphic term that has meant many things over the years, but is commonly understood as expressing what Google looks for in potential hires.
Google cut manager, VP roles by 10% in its efficiency push
Sundar Pichai said this had included a 10% reduction in managers, directors, and vice presidents, one source told Business Insider. A Google spokesperson said that some of the roles in that 10% figure were transitioned to individual contributor roles and that some were role eliminations.
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