Alphabet to Cut Its Recruiting Team

Google parent Alphabet announced it would cut jobs in its global recruiting team. This will add to layoffs announced earlier this year when it has cut around 6% of its full-time staff.

Google’s recruiting VP Brian Ong informed employees in a video that it must make radical cuts to the department’s staff numbers. He said the decision was based on the amount of recruitment permitted across several quarters. Ong emphasized the decision was difficult, particularly in light of the earlier job cuts.

Alphabet previously outlined a plan to eliminate 12,000 jobs as one of many high-profile technology companies to cut staff this year. Google representative Courtenay Mencini told CNBC it continued to invest in top engineering and technical talent while slowing the pace of overall recruitment which, in turn, meant there was less for staff in the department to do.