Sundar Pichai portrait
Sundar Pichai said Google's layoffs have been intentional.
  • Google is conducting waves of ongoing layoffs intentionally, according to Sundar Pichai. 
  • Sundar Pichai said the company is "taking the time to do it correctly and well" in a Bloomberg interview.
  • The company started 2024 with thousands of cuts, particularly from engineering and hardware teams.

Google has conducted multiple layoffs this year — and the slow burn is intentional.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Bloomberg reporter Emily Chang that the company is "taking the time to do it correctly and well."