YouTube to lay off 100 employees as Google layoffs continue

Another series of layoffs has hit Google, this time at its video-sharing platform, YouTube. The company will lay off 100 employees, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. Last week, Google laid off more than 1,000 employees across several divisions, including engineering, services and voice-activated product Google Assistant.

“As we’ve said, we’re investing responsibly in our company’s biggest priorities and the important opportunities ahead,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement. “To best position us for these opportunities, during the second half of 2023, many of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better and align our resources with our biggest product priorities. Some teams are continuing to make these types of organizational changes, including eliminating some roles globally.

Initially reported by TubeFilter, YouTube’s chief business officer, Mary Ellen Coe, wrote in an internal memo sent to employees Wednesday afternoon that the job cuts were part of restructuring changes to its creator management and operations teams.

The 100 employees affected obviously have the chance to apply for other positions at YouTube, yet that doesn’t mean a guaranteed position within the company. According to The New York Times, employees have 60 days to find new roles before their dismissals are officially implemented.

“We are continuing to support any affected employees as they look for new roles here at Google and beyond,” the spokesperson said.

We’re only three weeks into the new year and already dozens of companies in the tech industry are facing job cuts, including Discord, Twitch, Prime Video, and MGM Studios, as well as Audible, Duolingo, Includes Instagram, Pixar and Unity. Other.