Thomas
Kurian,
CEO
of
Google
Cloud,
speaks
at
a
cloud-computing
conference
held
by
the
company
in
2019.
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Alphabet
is
laying
off
employees
from
several
teams
in
Google’s
cloud
unit,
one
of
its
fastest-growing
businesses,
CNBC
has
learned.
The
company
notified
employees
last
week
of
the
cloud
cuts,
with
roles
being
eliminated
in
sales,
consulting,
“go
to
market”
strategy,
operations
and
engineering,
according
to
internal
correspondence
viewed
by
CNBC.
At
least
100
positions
were
cut,
said
people
familiar
with
the
matter
who
asked
not
to
be
named
because
they
weren’t
authorized
to
speak
about
the
layoffs.
Insider
previously
reported
some
details
of
the
layoffs.
A
Google
spokesperson
told
CNBC
the
cuts
are
incremental
across
teams
to
better
align
its
go
to
market
organization.
“As
we’ve
shared
before,
we
continue
to
evolve
our
business
to
meet
our
customers’
priorities
and
the
significant
opportunity
ahead,”
the
spokesperson
said.
“We
maintain
our
commitment
to
investing
in
areas
that
are
critical
to
our
business
and
ensure
our
long-term
success.”
Some
of
those
who
lost
their
jobs
had
worked
on
the
company’s
annual
Google
Cloud
Next
that
took
place
mid
April,
said
people
familiar
with
the
situation.
Google
has
been
conducting
ongoing
layoffs
since
early
2023.
Employees
have
since
complained
about
demands
that
they
work
on
tighter
deadlines
with
fewer
resources
and
diminished
opportunities
for
internal advancement
even
as
the
company
records
record
profit.
Last
month,
Google
cut
at
least
200
employees
from
its
“Core”
organization,
which
included
key
teams
and
engineering
talent. CEO
Sundar
Pichai
told
employees
that
the
company
would
make
fewer
layoffs
in
the
second
half
of
2024.
Revenue
in
Google
Cloud,
which
houses
much
of
the
company’s
AI
technology,
jumped
28%
from
a
year
earlier
to
$9.57
billion
in
the
latest
quarter,
sailing
past
estimates.
Operating
income
more
than
quadrupled
to
$900
million,
showing
that
Google
is
finally
generating
substantial
profits
after
pouring
money
into
the
business
for
years
to
keep
up
with
Amazon
Web
Services
and Microsoft Azure.
However,
the
cloud
unit,
led
by
CEO
Thomas
Kurian,
has
been
under
pressure
to
continue
accelerating
growth
as
competition
heats
up
in
AI.
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