One of the world’s most rapidly expanding Google business is said to be cutting jobs. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to CNBC is retrenching employees from various teams within its cloud division, which is one of the fastest growing businesses in Google.
Last week, the organization apparently announced these job cuts internally through its cloud team to its employees. Eliminated positions include sales consultants, go-to-market strategy, operations and engineering as seen in an internal note obtained by CNBC. According to anonymous individuals familiar with this issue who did not want their names revealed, it has been reported that at least about 100 positions are being cut.
Layoffs at Google Cloud are announced by Google
“We are making these gradual structural changes across teams in order to align better our go-to-market organization,” a spokesperson for Google told CNBC. “As we have shared previously, we will continue to grow our business to meet customer priorities and significant opportunities ahead,” added the spokeperson. “We remain committed to investing in areas that are critical to our business and ensuring our long-term success.”
The report also noted that some of those fired had worked on the firm’s annual report. This happened last mid-April.
Google has had several layoffs since January 2023 when it first made such announcements. One month ago at least 200 employees were let go by Google from its “core” organization including key team and engineering talent. CEO Sundar Pichai Instructs Employees That Company Will Reduce Layoffs During Second Half Of 2024
In Q1 strong performances were posted by google’s cloud unit which saw its yearly revenue hit $40 billion. Google’s parent company Alphabet reported Q1 revenue of $80.54 billion which was up by 15% YoY. According to Pichai YouTube search strength together with google cloud drove out Q1 results. “It’s all systems go for Gemini and we have great momentum throughout the company with AI infrastructure and research leadership, combined with our product platform global footprint positioning us well for the next wave of AI innovation.”
