Tero Keski-Valkama<p>A difficult decision to set us up for the future</p><p>"<a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Sundar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sundar</span></a> sent the following email to <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> earlier today.<br><a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Googlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Googlers</span></a>,<br>I have some difficult <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> to share. We’ve decided to reduce our <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workforce</span></a> by approximately 12,000 roles. We’ve already sent a separate email to employees in the <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> who are affected. In other countries, this process will take longer due to local laws and practices."</p><p><a href="https://blog.google/inside-google/message-ceo/january-update/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.google/inside-google/mess</span><span class="invisible">age-ceo/january-update/</span></a></p>