Google layoffs continue with ‘hundreds’ from sales team
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6HX1Y)
Illustration: The Verge After laying off about 1,000 employees last week, Google is now cutting jobs on its advertising sales team. In a statement to The Verge, Google spokesperson Chris Pappas confirmed that a few hundred roles globally are being eliminated" as part of the change.
The news of Google's latest layoffs was first reported by Business Insider, which obtained a memo from Google senior vice president Philipp Schindler. Schindler reportedly hinted the layoffs will primarily affect its Large Customer Sales (LCS) unit, a team that sells ads to large businesses, while the Google Customer Solutions team (GCS), which sells ads to smaller clients, will become the core" ad sales team instead. Google laid off some employees on its LCS team last October, a...