May 1 (UPI) — Google laid off 200 of its “Core” unit workers while reorganizing and moving several jobs to Mexico and India, CNBC and Seeking Alpha reported Wednesday.
Google’s Core unit creates the technology enabling Google’s primary technology services, including its popular search engine. The unit also protects users’ online safety.
The reorganization includes eliminating 50 engineering jobs at Google’s Sunnyvale, Calif., facility and replacing them with workers in Mexico and India.
The workforce reduction continues Google’s recent downsizing begun at the start of the year.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in January said the tech company would reduce its workforce throughout the year.
The tech giant earlier released hundreds of employees who worked on Google’s engineering, hardware and voice assistant groups.
Google also released hundreds of workers in its advertising sales, finance and real estate units.
Officials with Google’s parent corporation Alphabet in January 2023 said the company would get rid of 12,000 jobs.
Google officials said the tech company will maintain its global footprint by expanding its workforce in high-growth areas around the globe where regional markets are growing.
Google CFO Ruth Porat in April announced the company would restructure its finance unit and relocated jobs to Bangalore, India, and Mexico City.
Google officials in March announced they were building teams in targeted markets, such as Brazil and India, where the labor costs less than in the United States.
Google also fired dozens of workers who conducted sit-in protests against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza at two Google locations in April.
