At a town hall, Sundar Pichai asked staff to stay motivated as Google faces competition in areas like AI and indicated there would be executive bonus cuts
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai and executive leaders addressed employee questions at a town hall meeting on Monday after last week's job cuts.
👀JAW-DROPPING leak from Google's internal all hands today Google's VP of Security basically says they abruptly fired 12k people & cut their access (instead of slowly winding them down) over an apparent fear disgruntled employees would leak user data. WTF https://www.cnbc.com/... …
In a town hall today about Friday's layoffs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the cuts, tried to explain the criteria and pleaded with employees to remain focused as it approaches “an important year given the rapid advancements in AI.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
Sounds like a gross failure of leadership: in execution, in planning, in communication, and in responsibility. https://www.cnbc.com/... Meanwhile, Google has 200 billion in cash in reserve and made nearly 14B in the last three months. Maybe the problem isn't the staff?
I think this is going to be a big stumble for Google. 12k employees erased overnight, all that institutional knowledge gone. Certainly not the way to pick up the pace as you face competition from #chatGPT. https://twitter.com/...
“In response to a question asking how employees who had been with the company for 15-plus years were targeted for cuts, Brian Glaser, vice president and chief talent and learning officer said, “we all know that no one is immune to change in our careers.” https://www.cnbc.com/...