Google is cutting hundreds of jobs in its global recruiting organization as part of a broader pullback in hiring over the next several quarters. “We unfortunately need to make a significant reduction to the size of the recruiting organization,” Brian Ong, Google’s recruiting vice president, told employees in a Wednesday video meeting.
“It’s not something that was an easy decision to make, and it isn’t a conversation any of us wanted to have again this year,” Ong said. “Given the base of hiring that we’ve received the next several quarters, it’s the right thing to do overall.”
Employees involved in the recruiting group reductions will receive emails starting Wednesday, Ong said.
Ong also said that employees hit in the latest layoffs will retain access to offices this week and online systems for longer. Employees had previously criticized the company for abruptly cutting off access to those who lost their jobs in January.
Courtenay Mencini, a Google spokesperson, confirmed the cuts in an email to CNBC.
“We continue to invest in top engineering and technical talent while also meaningfully slowing the pace of our overall hiring,” Mencini wrote. “In line with this, the volume of requests for our recruiters has gone down. In order to continue our important work to ensure we operate efficiently, we’ve made the hard decision to reduce the size of our recruiting team.”
