Google is currently cutting jobs in its ad sales team after laying off about 1,000 employees last week.in a statement edgeGoogle spokesman Chris Pappas confirmed that “hundreds of jobs around the world will be eliminated” as part of the changes.
Google’s latest layoff news first reported business insider, which obtained a memo from Google Senior Vice President Philip Schindler. Schindler reportedly hinted that the layoffs will mainly affect its Large Account Sales (LCS) group, which sells ads to large enterprises, while the Google Customer Solutions team (GCS), which sells ads to smaller accounts, will become the “core” advertising unit. It’s the sales team. According to another report from Google, Google laid off some employees from the LCS team last October. business insider.
“Each year we go through a rigorous process to build our team to best serve our advertisers,” said Pappas edge. “We match customers to the right expert team and sales pipeline to meet their service needs. As part of this, hundreds of positions around the world will be eliminated, and affected employees will be able to apply for open positions or other positions at Google. “
Google has not announced specific numbers of layoffs this year. But with last week’s layoffs affecting “hundreds” of jobs in each of the affected departments, and “hundreds” more jobs being cut in the latest round, the number of job losses must have exceeded 1,000.
