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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>US tech firm Google removed 35% of its managers overseeing small teams last year as the company continues to concentrate on organizational efficiency, according to a Google executive, CNBC reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Right now, we have 35% fewer managers, with fewer direct reports than at this time a year ago,” said Brian Welle, vice president of people analytics and performance, during a meeting.<\/p>\n

Following several recent rounds of layoffs, buyouts, and reorganizations, workers questioned Welle and other executives at the meeting about job security, “internal barriers,” and Google’s culture.<\/p>\n

According to Welle, the goal is to run the firm more efficiently and cut down on bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we look across our entire leadership population, that\u2019s managers, directors and VPs, we want them to be a smaller percentage of our overall workforce over time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The 35% decrease in managers included those in charge of less than three people, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, said the firm must “be more efficient as we scale up so we don’t solve everything with headcount.”<\/p>\n

In 2023, Google let off almost 6% of its employees, and since then, it has made layoffs across a number of businesses. In October, Anat Ashkenazi, the finance head of Alphabet, who joined the business last year, stated that she will pursue expense reductions “a little further.”<\/p>\n

Since January, Google has delayed recruiting and asked workers to do more with less, while also offering buyouts to current employees.<\/p>\n

At the meeting last week, Google’s chief people officer, Fiona Cicconi, stated that between 3% and 5% of the staff on those teams have taken the buyouts.<\/p>\n

The process has been “actually quite successful,” she said, adding: \u201cI think we can continue it.”<\/p>\n

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