The process of retrenchment of tech companies, which started from the year 2022, continues in the year 2023 (Layoffs 2023) as well. Many companies like Meta Layoffs, Microsoft Layoffs, Amazon, Twitter have done several phase layoffs in the last few months. This has affected crores of employees around the world. The name of the giant tech company Google (Google Layoffs) is also included in this list. Following in the footsteps of Amazon and Meta, can Google also soon lay off the second round of employees on a large scale?
Answering this question, while talking to the Wall Street Journal, Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said that the company is currently very focused on its operations and a lot of work remains to be done to speed it up. He said that we will see our important work according to priority and will choose people accordingly.
Google may have more layoffs in the coming days
Talking to the Wall Street Journal, Sundar Pichai indicated that in the coming time, Google can lay off more employees (Google to Layoffs more Employees). The CEO made it clear that he wanted to make working at Google 20 percent more efficient. In such a situation, we are trying to do our work better every day. Along with this, Sundar Pichai said that the company is trying to restructure its expenses and earnings. Without this, the work will not stop and the expenditure will also be reduced.
Google’s focus is on Artificial Intelligence
Google is also focusing on the AI Central program. Talking on Artificial Intelligence, he said that we are continuously working on AI (Google on AI). We are trying to use AI for our important tasks. But there is still a lot of work to be done in this area.
Pichai did not clearly give information about how many employees the company is going to lay off in the next phase, but definitely gave a hint of layoffs. Google has been preparing a plan for the last several days to reduce its expenditure. In such a situation, news of more layoffs can be found in the coming times.