Several hundred people will remain from the voice assistant team. will also eliminate several hundred positions in the hardware team responsible for Pixel, Nest and Fitbit and in the engineering team. Most people working in augmented reality will lose their jobs.
Layoffs at Google. FitBit’s co-founders have left the company
“During the second half of 2023, many of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better, and to align their resources with their biggest product priorities. Some teams continue to make these types of organizational changes, which are eliminating some roles around the world.” – explained a Google spokesperson in a statement sent to .
It is not known exactly how many people will be laid off. As part of the reorganization, the tech giant wants one team to be responsible for hardware engineering at Pixel, Nest and Fitbit. Google has already been left by, among others: FitBit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman.
Google lays off employees
The mass layoffs and reorganization of teams come at a time when companies such as Google are focusing on the development of artificial intelligence after the great success of ChatGPT. Technology companies want to implement chatbots into their virtual assistants.
In January 2023, Alphabet, the owner of Google and YouTube, announced plans to eliminate 12,000 jobs. As of September 2023, the company had a total of 182,381 employees worldwide.
Source: Gazeta
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