Google CEO Hints At Slashing The Workforce As He Wants The Company To Be 20% More Efficient.

Addressing Code Conference in Los Angeles, Google CEO Sundar Pichai talked about his plans to run the tech giant more efficiently amid economic uncertainty. Also, because of a broader slowdown in ad spending, of which Google has been the largest beneficiary until now.

“We want to make sure as a company when you have fewer resources than before, you are prioritizing all the right things to be working on, and your employees are productive, that they can have an impact on the things they’re working on so that’s what we are spending our time on,” said the Google and Alphabet boss. This statement is being seen as Pichai’s plan to reduce the number of employees.

He added, “Across everything we do, we can be slower to make decisions. You look at it end-to-end and figure out how to make the company 20% more productive.”

In July, Pichai wrote to his employees saying that the company would be decelerate hiring for the rest of the year.

It was reported that the company might sack employees if they do not take their work seriously. However, it is continuing its hiring process. Reports claimed that Google will be hiring engineering, technical and other critical roles but will “pause development and re-deploying resources to higher priority areas.”