Google to slow hiring for rest of 2020, CEO tells staff

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16 Apr 2020 • 9:11 AM MYT
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CEO Sundar Pichai told Google’s staff in a memo that the company be slowing down the pace of hiring, while maintaining momentum in a small number of strategic areas.— Reuters pic

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 — Alphabet Inc’s Google will slow hiring for the rest of the year, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai told the company’s staff in a memo yesterday.

“We’ll be slowing down the pace of hiring, while maintaining momentum in a small number of strategic areas, and onboarding the many people who’ve been hired but haven’t started yet”, a Google spokesperson said.

Bloomberg reported the news earlier in the day. — Reuters