{"id":401046,"date":"2023-12-16T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/16\/difficult-decision-sundar-pichai-on-12000-jobs-cut-at-google\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T08:34:00","slug":"difficult-decision-sundar-pichai-on-12000-jobs-cut-at-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/16\/difficult-decision-sundar-pichai-on-12000-jobs-cut-at-google\/","title":{"rendered":"“Difficult Decision”: Sundar Pichai On 12,000 Jobs Cut At Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During the meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stood by the decision of layoffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In a recent all-hands meeting, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai opened up about the company’s massive 2022 layoffs, acknowledging their impact while defending the decision. He characterized the 12,000 job cuts, representing 6% of Alphabet’s workforce, as a necessary step to navigate economic shifts and position the company for future growth. While acknowledging the toll on affected employees, Mr Pichai argued that the alternative-delaying the layoffs-would have hindered the company’s ability to adapt and invest in critical areas.<\/p>\n

A Business Insider report<\/em><\/a>, citing an obtained audio, stated, “At Google’s recent all-hands meeting, CEO Sundar Pichai defended the decision to cut 6% of the workforce on December 12.<\/p>\n

Sundar Pichai also admitted that the company could have handled the layoffs in a better manner.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, one employee asked, “It has been almost a year since we made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce. What impact did this decision have on our growth, P&L, and morale?”<\/p>\n

The layoffs had a “clear, big impact on morale,” Mr Pichai said in response. “It’s reflected in the comments on Googlegeist and the feedback.”<\/p>\n

“This is difficult for any company to go through. At Google, we really haven’t had a moment quite like that in 25 years,” Mr Pichai said.<\/p>\n

He later added, “It became clear that if we didn’t act, it would have been a worse decision down the line. It would have been a major overhang for the company. I think it would have made it very difficult in a year like this with such a big shift in the world to create the capacity to invest in areas.”<\/p>\n

Mr Pichai added that immediately cutting off access to laid-off employees’ work accounts was “a very, very difficult decision.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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