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  • Sundar Pichai said Google cut manager, director, and VP roles by 10% as part of an efficiency drive.
  • Google has sought to boost efficiency by reducing layers and reorganizing teams.
  • The company has been facing challenges from OpenAI and other AI rivals.
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[โ€“] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (8 children)

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I wonder what the process was for choosing specifically 10%. Why not 8.7%? Or 13.9%? Surely an efficiency drive would have some sort of structured/analytical approach to it?

[โ€“] subignition@piefed.social 27 points 2 months ago

Some nerd probably wanted to be able to say they literally decimated their management teams

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