Google despedirá a 12.000 trabajadores

• Google se ha unido a otras empresas tecnológicas, como Amazon, Microsoft y Meta, para despedir personal.
• Alphabet dijo que la compañía estaba dirigiendo su atención a la inteligencia artificial y eliminaría productos que no estuvieran alineados con sus prioridades.
• Google admitió que contrató en exceso en previsión de un auge en el mercado.

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Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, announced on Friday that it is slashing 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, as the technology industry struggles with layoffs and businesses gamble their futures on artificial intelligence (AI). Google has remained one of the biggest players in the research field, but the decision to reduce its workforce spells bigger trouble for the tech world at large.

Google’s decision to slash jobs follows a similar move by its rivals Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta, which together have despedido tens of thousands of employees. Sundar Pichai, CEO of parent company Alphabet, said the company will eliminate products and operations that are not “aligned with our highest priorities as a company.”

Pichai mentioned that a lot of those priorities center on artificial intelligence. He cited Alphabet’s efforts in AI and said that they had contributed to the improvement of “Google’s products” and the company’s plans to offer some whole new experiences for consumers, developers, and companies.

The recent layoffs will affect teams across the organization, including recruiting, various corporate operations, as well as some technical and product teams. Pichai acknowledged that Google had increased its staff in anticipation of growth that never happened. He wrote in a correo enviado al personal,

Para igualar y alimentar ese crecimiento, contratamos para una realidad económica diferente a la que enfrentamos hoy.

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Pichai said the decision to layoff staff would mean “saying goodbye to some incredibly talented people we worked hard to hire and have loved working with,” adding that he was “deeply sorry for that.”

“The fact that these changes will impact the lives of Googlers weighs heavily on me, and I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here,” Pichai wrote.

Google también dijo que ofrecería apoyo a los empleados afectados, que incluye un paquete de indemnización, así como beneficios de atención médica, empleo e inmigración. Alphabet ya ha enviado mensajes a las personas afectadas, pero el proceso llevará más tiempo en algunos países debido a las políticas locales.

Los expertos creen que el despido masivo le costará a Alphabet tanto como los $1 mil millones que Microsoft dijo que gastaría en los empleados afectados. Sin embargo, no ha habido ninguna confirmación oficial de la cifra exacta.

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