Google has abolished 35% of the managers overseeing small teams in the last one year, says EXEC

Google An executive told the employees last week that an executive told the employees last week, “more than one third of its managers have abolished managers, as the company focuses on its capacity in the organization.

According to an audio of an all-hands meeting reviewed by CNBC, “We currently have 35% less managers, with less direct reports, with a lower direct report than this time, Bryan Vale said that the People’s Analytics and Vice President of the performance said Bryan Vale said.” So there is a very fast progress there, “

In the meeting, employees asked Well and other officials about job protection, “internal obstacles” and Google’s culture, after several recent rounds, many rounds of retrenchment, Procurement And reorganization.

Vale said that this idea is to reduce the bureaucracy and run the company more efficiently.

“When we look at our entire leadership population, it is common, director and VPS, we want them to have a small percentage of our overall workforce over time,” he said.

According to the person familiar with the case, a reduction of 35% refers to the number of managers who supervise less than three people. Many of the managers lived with the company as individual contributors, said the person who did not name because the details are private.

Google Ceo Beautiful pichai The meeting was weighed, repeating the need of the company “to be more efficient because we are on the scale so that we do not solve everything with the headcon.”

Google abolished its 6% workforce in 2023, and has since implemented cuts in various divisions. Emperor Finance Head Anat Ashkenaji, who joined the company last year, Said In October that he would “push the cost cut a little further.” Google has offered to purchase employees since January, and the company has slowed the hiring, Demanding Employees to more with less.

Regarding the purchase, Town Hall officials said that a total of 10 product areas have submitted proposals “voluntary exit programs”. He has applied for US-based employees in search, marketing, hardware and people operating teams this year.

Google’s Chief People Officer Fiona Cicconi said in a meeting last week that 3% to 5% of those teams have accepted the purchase.

“It has really been quite successful,” he said, “I think we can continue it.”

Pichai said that the company executed Voluntary purchase After listening to the employees, those who said that they prefer that route to trimmed blankets.

“This is a lot of work that has gone to implement the VEP program, and I am glad that we have done it,” Pichai said. “It gives people agency, and I am happy to see that it is working well.”

CNBC earlier reported that trimming Hurting morale As the company was decreasing at the same time, while the blowout was releasing earnings and was looking at its stock price jump. The shares of the alphabet are up 10% this year after climbing 36% in 2024 and before 58% before the year.

At another point in the town hall, the employees asked if Google would consider a similar policy Meta “Recharge,” a one -month sabbatical that earn five years in the company after five years.

Alexandra Madison, senior director of Google’s senior advantage, said, “We have a lot of leaves, at least not our holiday, which is for the same – to rest and recharge.”

He said that the company is not going to offer paid sabbatical.

“We are very confident that our current offering is competitive,” Madison said.

Meta did not immediately respond to the remarks request.

Other officials jumped to compare the benefits of two companies.

“I don’t think they have a VEP in Meta,” Cicconi said.

Pichai then asked, for some laughter from the audience, “Should we include all the policies of the meta while we are on it? Or we should only choose and choose some policies that we like?”

“Perhaps I should try to run the company with all the meta policies of the meta,” they continued. “No, maybe not.”

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