Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Sina Technology News in the afternoon of September 7, Beijing time, it is reported that Google parent company Alphabet CEO Sandal Pichai (Sundar Pichai) said today that he hopes to improve the efficiency of the company by 20%. Given the current series of challenges and Google's continued hiring over the years, this could include layoffs.

At the Code Conference conference in Los Angeles today, Pichai detailed how to make Google operate more efficiently before economic uncertainty and advertising spending slows further. Currently, Google is the biggest beneficiary of advertising spending.

"the more we learn about macroeconomics, the more uncertain it becomes," Pichai said. "Macroeconomic performance is closely related to advertising spending and consumer spending." Pichai also said that while macroeconomic factors were beyond his control, Google's workforce began to slow after a previous surge.

"as a company, what we want to make sure is that when we have fewer resources than before, priority should be given to all work being done correctly and ensuring that employees are more productive," he said. this will have a big impact on what they are doing. therefore, we will spend a lot of time on this. "

When asked "how will improve the efficiency of the company", Pichai said: "in all the work we do, the speed of making decisions may slow down (think twice before you act). You can 'end-to-end' (carefully) look at it, and then figure out how to increase the company's productivity by 20%."

Pichai also gives several specific examples of how he wants to do this, including the example of integrating YouTube Music and Google Play Music into one product. "sometimes progress is needed in certain areas to further improve efficiency," he said in another example. For example, if there are three people making decisions in a certain area, it can be reduced to two or one person to make a decision, increasing its efficiency by 20%. "

Last month, it was reported that Google executives recently began to explicitly tell employees to work hard and could be laid off if third-quarter results fail to meet expectations. Although Pichai has previously expressed dissatisfaction at the company's all-staff meeting, this is the first time this year that Google has revealed that it is going to lay off staff.

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