On the heels of its decision to slow down recruitment for the rest of the year, The Information is reporting that Google will stop hiring new employees over the next couple of weeks.
The report states that a senior vice president at the company told employees in an email that the hiring freeze was due to the company's needs.
Raghavan said in the email that they would use the time to review their needs and align them with a new set of prioritized Staffing Requests.
The hiring freeze won't affect those who have received contracts from the company. There are contracts that will not be renewed by the tech giant.
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Just a week ago, the CEO of the company stated in an internal memo that the company would reduce hiring for the remainder of the year. There is a goal to take a more entrepreneurial approach.
In some cases, that means combining investments and streamlining processes. It means pausing development and redeploying resources to higher priority areas.
The hiring freeze was put in place to give the company more time to rethink its hiring process.
A representative of the company said in a statement that they are slowing hiring for the remainder of the year. Most new offers will be paused for two weeks to allow teams to prioritize their roles and hire for the rest of the year.
Tech giants have been making similar moves recently. Meta announced earlier this month that it would be cutting hiring for engineering roles by 30% this year.
Two executives left just weeks before Musk was supposed to complete his takeover bid, as the company paused hiring.
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