Google lays off workers as part of ‘pretty large-scale’ restructuring

Google has laid off employees in what is being described as a “pretty large-scale” restructuring in which the tech giant is moving some jobs overseas.

Ruth Porat, Google’s chief financial officer, sent an email to employees announcing that the company would create “growth hubs” in India, Mexico and Ireland.

The unspecified number of layoffs will affect teams in the company’s finance department, including its treasury, business services and revenue cash operations units, according to Business Insider.

Google has laid off an unspecified number of workers and moved some positions overseas. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is seen above. Getty Images

The outlet quoted one current employee as saying the changes were “pretty large-scale” and that some roles are being moved abroad, but didn’t provide further details.

The Post has sought comment from Google.

A company spokesperson told Business Insider that some staffers would be affected by the cuts, though they declined to specify the number of layoffs that would be implemented.

The representative said that a small number of roles would be moved to other US-based offices as well as locations abroad.

Google is currently expanding its presence in Bangalore, Mexico City, Dublin and Atlanta.

“As we’ve said, we’re responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” a Google spokesperson told Business Insider.

“”To best position us for these opportunities, throughout the second half of 2023 and into 2024, a number of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better, remove layers and align their resources to their biggest product priorities.”

The company said that it was “simplifying our structures to give employees more opportunity to work on our most innovative and important advances and our biggest company priorities, while reducing bureaucracy and layers.”

Pichai warned earlier this year that more layoffs would be in the offing in 2024. Some 12,000 workers were laid off last year. REUTERS

In January, Google CEO Sundar Pichai warned employees that more layoffs would be needed this year for the company to reach “ambitious goals.”

Pichai made the comments just a day after the firm slashed several hundred workers from its ad sales team.

A week before the layoffs, Google reduced headcount across its Pixel, Fitbit and Nest units.

The job cuts marked a rough start to the year for Google’s workforce, whose headcount was reduced by more than 12,000 throughout 2023.