Hungry employees Google may be disappointed to learn that their employer you’ve cut out some of your office snacks, like nuts or M&Ms.
In accordance with Business Insidera project manager at the company who works out of the search giant’s San Francisco office, revealed that “they took the nuts.”
These snacks are not the only snacks that have disappeared. The project manager, who leaked the information to The Atlantic, said the San Francisco headquarters also got rid of Maui-onion potato chips and small bags of M&Ms. The muffins are not there either.
Cost reduction at Google
The elimination of snacks is just one of the many advantages that Google has cut in its effort to reduce costs. In January, weeks after Google announced it would lay off 12,000 employeesRuth Porat, chief financial officer at its parent company Alphabet, warned that other setbacks were on the way.
So far, Google has let 31 on-site massage therapists go at its California offices, adjusted schedules for fitness classes and shuttles, and limited the number of times staff can replace their laptops..
“TWe have significant work underway to improve all aspects of our cost structure in support of our investments in our highest growth priorities to deliver long-term profitable growthPorat said in Google’s fourth-quarter 2022 earnings report.
Two months later, Porat wrote in a note to staff that Google would reduce operating hours at some office cafes and cut back on its micro-kitchen pantries as part of plans to cut certain costs and invest elsewhere, such as in its intelligence products. artificial.
