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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai told Google’s employees that the internet giant will slow down the pace of hiring new staff through 2023, according to an internal memo published by The Verge.
Pichai told staff that the company is “not immune to economic headwinds”.
“Something I cherish about our culture is that we’ve never viewed these types of challenges as obstacles. Instead, we’ve seen them as opportunities to deepen our focus and invest for the long term,” Pichai wrote in an email to staff.
Google’s top executive also shared some insights about hiring activity by saying that Google added approximately 10,000 “Googlers” in Q2 while it already has “a strong number of commitments for Q3 start dates”.
“These are extraordinary numbers, and they show our excitement about long-term opportunities, even in uncertain times,” he added.
However, the pace of hiring will be slowing down.
“Because of the hiring progress achieved so far this year, we’ll be slowing the pace of hiring for the rest of the year, while still supporting our most important opportunities. For the balance of 2022 and 2023, we’ll focus our hiring on engineering, technical and other critical roles,” Pichai wrote.
