Google laid off 10% of managerial staff in efficiency push, Sundar Pichai revealed in internal meeting

CEO Sundar Pichai in a recent all-hands meeting, revealed the rationale behind slashing 10 per cent of its staff in recent times. The affected employees were mostly in managerial roles including directors and VPs. The development comes at a time when the Alphabet Inc company is focussing more on its AI offerings, especially considering the dominance of rivals like OpenAI.