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

On February 6, according to foreign media reports, after several technology giants announced layoffs, Google's parent company Alphabet also announced plans to cut about 12000 people on January 20, accounting for about 6% of its global 190000 employees.

According to the latest foreign media reports, a week after Alphabet announced layoffs, Waymo, an independent self-driving technology company, also laid off some of its staff.

According to foreign media reports, Waymo did not announce a specific number of layoffs, but a company spokesman has confirmed that they laid off some of their staff that week, involving several of its departments.

In addition, at least 24 employees disclosed their dismissal from Waymo on LinkedIn, involving positions such as awareness, systems and software engineers, fleet maintenance professionals, systems integration, etc.

However, foreign media also disclosed in the report that although some employees have been laid off, Waymo's goal for this year will not be affected, but the plan through the self-driving truck division has been delayed, and a spokesman for the company also confirmed that the internal schedule has been slightly delayed.

Foreign media also mentioned in the report that Waymo One, a commercial passenger service on autopilot, will remain their focus in the short term, which has been approved to operate in Phoenix, Arizona without a safe driver.

Waymo's layoffs will not affect the size of the fleet, and a company spokesman has revealed that there will be no reduction in test vehicles or commercial service vehicles, which currently have more than 700 vehicles and employ more than 2000 people.

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