Google slowing hiring as tech boom quiets down

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Google slowing hiring as tech boom quiets down

Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to slow hiring for the remainder of the year in the face of a potential economic recession, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said Tuesday in an email to staff.

Pichai said the company will focus on hiring “engineering, technical and other critical roles,” in 2022 and 2023, according to a copy of the email viewed by Bloomberg News.

[Bloomberg]

 

[SubtleBeast]

Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to slow hiring for the remainder of the year in the face of a potential economic recession

The world is definitely heading towards it, largely due to the draconian lockdown policies forced upon us during Covid and compounded by the energy and food crisis. South Africa might already be in the early stages of a recession.