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Google cut manager and VP roles by 10% in its efficiency push, CEO Sundar Pichai said in an internal meeting (www.businessinsider.com)
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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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[–] pineapple_pizza@lemmy.dexlit.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, it's totally possible that they just have too much management. Then you get into a case where a very large portion of everyone's job is endlessly trying to keep in any with various management and you end up with too many managers competing for not enough work which makes the environment more political

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Certainly possible, and I’ve definitely been a part of orgs with just too much management, but I’m wary of Google saying that, considering how many products they kill every year. I’m sure there would certainly be space for their employees to expand horizontally if their product lineup wasn’t so volatile