Sundar Pichai justifies the company’s new desk-sharing policy.
CEO Sundar Pichai justified the company’s new desk-sharing policy, describing some of the company’s offices as practically empty and reminding employees that real estate is expensive.
After laying off 12,000 of its employees globally in January 2023, Google is reportedly asking some of its employees to share desks with some colleagues due to financial issues.
According to an exclusive CNBC report, CEO Sundar Pichai justified the company’s new desk-sharing policy, describing some of the company’s offices as practically empty and reminding employees that real estate is expensive.
“It’s clear to me that they are trying to be efficient and save money but also use resources. There are people who regularly complain that they come in and see big bunches of empty desks.” And it feels like it’s a ghost town, it’s just not a good experience,” Pichai said at a company meeting last week.
According to the report, Pichai indicated that many people come to the office only two days a week, which he said makes inefficient use of the current space.
“We have to be good stewards of financial resources. We have expensive real estate. And if they’re only being used 30 percent of the time, we have to be careful how we think about it,” said the Google CEO. .
Meanwhile, after India, Google is now laying off employees in China, which has hit senior positions and high-paid employees as part of the global announcement. The company aims to “reset the wage benchmark and reduce operating costs while improving overall work efficiency,” reports Pandali.
The compensation includes 30,000 yuan ($4,339) in stock and annual leave exemption and cash and medical insurance, and these benefits can only be received by signing an agreement to leave the company before March 10, the report said. The search giant is also calling the downsizing effort Cloud Office Evolution, or CLOE.
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