A Google representative announced on Wednesday that the internet giant is making the most recent cost-cutting measures by laying off an undisclosed number of workers.

The Google representative stated that internal positions will be open to affected employees and that the layoffs are not company-wide. However, neither the number of impacted individuals nor the teams involved were specified.

A tiny portion of the affected jobs will relocate to the company’s investment hubs in Chicago, Atlanta, Dublin, India, and Atlanta.

Fears that layoffs may persist as businesses struggle with economic uncertainty are heightened by the layoffs, which come after a wave of job cuts throughout Google and the internet and media sectors this year.

“Throughout the second half of 2023 and into 2024, a number of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better, remove layers and align their resources to their biggest product priorities,” the spokesperson added.

Employees in Google’s finance and real estate departments have been impacted, according to a story published by Business Insider on Wednesday. It further stated that Google’s revenue cash operations, business services, and treasury departments are among the impacted finance teams.

According to a Business Insider article, Ruth Porat, Google’s finance boss, informed staff via email that part of the restructure included increasing growth to Bangalore, Mexico City, and Dublin.

In January, Google laid off hundreds of employees from a variety of departments, including its hardware, engineering, and assistant teams as it increased funding and expanded its artificial intelligence services.

According to reports, company CEO Sundar Pichai warned staff members to anticipate more layoffs at the beginning of the year.

(Adapted from LiveMint.com)