Google to cut 100 jobs, close engineering offices

[OhioChick]

Source: Economic Times India

15 Jan 2009, 1845 hrs IST, AGENCIES

NEW YORK: Google Inc is closing three engineering offices and cutting 100 recruiters from its work force as the recession dampens hiring at the Internet search company.

``Given the state of the economy, we recognized that we needed fewer people focused on hiring,'' Laszlo Bock, a Google vice president, wrote in a blog posting late Wednesday announcing the layoffs.

The moves follows news last week of a government filing from Google showing a significant cutback in temporary employees aimed at trimming costs. The company acknowledged in November that it would be looking to reduce contract workers while retaining full-time employees.

In a separate posting Wednesday, Google said it would close its engineering offices in Austin, Texas; Trondheim, Norway; and Lulea, Sweden. The company said the closings would affect 70 workers.

``Our strong desire is to keep as many of these 70 engineering employees at Google as possible,'' wrote Google's vice president for engineering and research, Alan Eustace.

``Our long-term goal is not to trim the number of people we have working on engineering projects or reduce our global presence, but create a smaller number of more effective engineering sites, which will ensure that innovation and speed remain at our core,'' he wrote.


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[Azlady]

1. Oh man, why can't they keep the Austin office open & close an office off shore! n/t

[snooper2]

2. um- you didn't read?

"In a separate posting Wednesday, Google said it would close its engineering offices in Austin, Texas; Trondheim, Norway; and Lulea, Sweden."

[Azlady]

3. umm, yes I did Snooper2 -

I read clearly they are closing the Austin office, Norway & Sweden. My Statement was that why can't they close an offshore office and keep the Austin, Tx office open.

[OhioChick]

5. I understood exactly what the poster was saying, didn't you?? n/t

[ihavenobias]

4. It never ends.

:(