Google announced layoffs impacting 12,000 workers after a “review across product areas and functions.” The number amounts to 6% of its workforce.
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai detailed the layoffs in an email sent to employees.
“Over the past two years, we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth,” he said. “To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today. I am confident about the huge opportunity in front of us thanks to the strength of our mission, the value of our products and services, and our early investments in artificial intelligence (AI). To fully capture it, we’ll need to make tough choices. So, we’ve undertaken a rigorous review across product areas and functions to ensure that our people and roles are aligned with our highest priorities as a company. The roles we’re eliminating reflect the outcome of that review. They cut across Alphabet, product areas, functions, levels and regions.”
