Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of Google, delivered a speech in the launching activity held on October 4, 2017 at the launching activity held on October 4, 2017.
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Google Before the expected reduction, it is providing acquisitions to employees in its “platform and equipment” department.
According to the internal files of CNBC censorship, the department includes more than 25,000 full -time employees in Android, Chrome, Chromeos, Google Photos, Google One, Pixel, Fitbit and Nest. Voluntary exit entry rates are suitable for full -time employees in the United States.
Rick Osterloh, the senior vice president of the platform and equipment, in the employee memo that I saw on CNBC on Thursday, provided the ability to voluntarily leave the company in the ORG that I directly reported to the ORG that I directly reported to the conditional P & D Googleers Essence “
Acquisition is a signal that Google is expected to be reduced internally because it continues to give priority to artificial intelligence. In October, the new chief financial officer Anat ASHKENAZI said one of her Primary task As Google expands its expenditure on AI infrastructure in 2025, it will increase more costs.
She said: “Any organization can always be further promoted, and I will study other opportunities.” She refers to cutting costs.
The Google spokesman confirmed the CNBC’s acquisition plan, saying that the plan merged its Android and Pipix Divisions in April last year.
The spokesman said in a statement: “This team is huge, and in important work in the future, we hope that everyone will work for our mission and focus on creating excellent products with speed and efficiency. “
Osterloh said that the “Volunteer Exit Plan” may be suitable for employees who work hard to meet their work needs. The mixed working environment of the department, or their passion is inconsistent with the mission and goals of the department. Osterloh added that the program is the “correct next step” of the unit because it aims to “run at higher efficiency and speed.”
Employees must participate in the withdrawal plan before February 20. Memorandum said that those volunteers will find whether they are accepted on March 25.
“First of all, the acquisition is our request”
According to the internal posts viewed by CNBC, some employees praised Google to provide acquisitions instead of immediately layoffs.
A employee said in the internal post: “What we require is the layoffs of P & D email, but the acquisition is provided first. This is the correct approach. Rick is worth getting a lot of credit.”
The employee this week is cycle CNBC reported on Tuesday that the internal petition named “work safety”. One of their requirements is that the company provided voluntary acquisitions before layoffs.
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Although the platform and devices are not Google’s search advertising business manufacturers, the income of the department has risen to US $ 10.66 billion in the third quarter, an increase of nearly 28 % from US $ 8.34 billion in the same period last year. Google Report The total revenue of this quarter was US $ 88.27 billion.
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