Google There has been massive retrenchment and there are about 12 thousand people Those who remain unemployed from the said corporate January 2023 to date.
A year ago, Google and its parent company, Alphabet, reported a year ago that the layoffs would be to cut costs; And so far, hundreds of laid off employees are from hardware, voice support and engineering.
“Invest responsibly in our company’s highest priorities and important opportunities ahead,” Google said in a press release.
And although there are many Google divisions that have been affected by the mass layoffs, the company itself has acknowledged that the area of augmented reality is the most affected. And the layoffs that are underway so far represent about six percent of Google’s total workforce.
“Unfortunately we need to significantly reduce the size of the recruiting organization,” Brian Ong, vice president of recruiting at Google, told his employees in a video call that North American media outlet CNBC had access to.
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