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After laying off over 1,000 doer across multiple divisions last week andcutting 100 jobs at YouTube , Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo to its faculty warning more layoff are carry this twelvemonth .
Pichai ’s memo said the party will have to make “ tough choices ” to meet its ambitious goals , as reported byThe Verge .
The CEO said this year ’s cut wo n’t be at the scale of last year ’s job cuts , wherethe company lease go 12,000 citizenry or 6 % of its workforce .
“ These purpose eliminations are not at the scale of last year ’s simplification , and will not touch every team . But I know it ’s very difficult to see colleague and teams impacted , ” he said in an email to staffer .
“ Many of these modification are already announce , though to be upfront , some team will persist in to make specific resource parcelling determination throughout the yr where needed , and some roles may be impacted . ”
Last calendar week ’s Google layoff impacted several squad including ironware , engineering , advertising , and services , with over 1,000 staff member laid off . At the meter , thecompany alsoconfirmedto TechCrunch that Fitbit Centennial State - beginner James Park and Eric Friedman were leaving the organization .
On Wednesday , Google laid off100 YouTube staffersas part of shake-up .
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“ To best position us for these opportunity , throughout the 2nd half of 2023 , a number of our team made change to become more efficient and work better , and to align their resources to their biggest product priorities . Some teams are retain to make these kind of organizational variety , which include some role eliminations globally , ” a Google spokesperson say in a statement in response to YouTube layoff .
