Google management issued a warning to employees: if they do not achieve the plan, they will be fired.
Workers say they were threatened with layoffsif third quarter results fall short of expectations. The Google Cloud sales team was informed about the upcoming "comprehensive review of sales performance and overall performance." Heads of departments talked about the "consequences" of poor sales.
In addition, employees of the “corporation of goodness” said that the company extended the moratorium on hiring new employees. At the same time, there were no statements from the management on this matter.
Earlier, Google CEO Sundar Pichai saidemployees that the company is facing “a difficult macroeconomic environment and a lot of uncertainty going forward.” He believes that Google's performance is not up to par with the current workforce. According to one of the employees, after this speech, colleagues began to believe that "the company is tightening its belts."
The media reports a similar situation with otherstech giants. Mark Zuckerberg also imposed a moratorium on hiring new employees and threatened to fire underperforming employees. In addition, layoffs were reported on Twitter, which is storming after the scandalous failed deal with Elon Musk.