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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.
ooooh, cut the CEO roles by 10% next
Starting from the top.
10% of 300k. Ooooo. But not the bonus, of course, which is the real salary.
This seems pretty typical. Feels like Leaders only have one lever to pull. Things are going badly? Let’s ReOrg, that’ll fix it.
Instead of doing the smart thing and identifying smart individuals within the company and putting them all in group letting them solution.
My guess is the outcome of this will be google having an unofficial marriage with gambling companies as they are the last customers to pay for Ads and see a big positive result
Imagine they did this that way: „hey Bob, I’ve some good and some bad news for you. The good one fist: you got promoted to Manager/VP/Whatever. The bad one: in order to make the company more efficient we’re letting go of some higher staff. So, you’re fired. Pack your stuff and fuck off until 12pm, manager Bob!“
I mean I’d still put VP on my resume if I’m him
