WELL, BYE: Google lays off 200 workers, shifts jobs to Mexico and India in latest restructuring.
The job cuts — announced internally on the eve of Google’s blowout first-quarter earnings report — targeted members of Google’s “core” team, which works on the “technical foundation behind the company’s flagship products” as well as the online safety of users and its global IT infrastructure, according to its website.
At least 50 of the roles were based at Google’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Google is expected to hire replacement workers for the roles in Mexico and India, CNBC reported, citing a review of internal documents.
“Announcements of this sort may leave many of you feeling uncertain or frustrated,” Asim Husain, vice president of Google Developer Ecosystem said in an email to staffers last week announcing the cuts, according to CNBC.
Husain said the company’s restructuring plan was “in service of our broader goals.”
So they’re not going to remove the ideological blinders that have ruined their search engine and other services? Sarah Hoyt’s shocked face could not be reached for comment.