For cost savings: Google lays off Python team, replacement likely in Munich
Google continues to cut staff. A Python team was apparently made completely redundant; there are probably "cheaper" employees in Munich.
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Recently, Google has continued to lay off more employees. The company's Python team is specifically affected, being replaced, as well as the Dart and Flutter teams, as reported by TechCrunch among others. These layoffs are part of planned restructurings; affected employees may apply for other open positions at Google. Additionally, Google plans to reduce costs by hiring less expensive labor outside of the USA. To this end, there is now a team in Munich made up of "cheaper labor."
According to posts on Mastodon, Reddit, and The Hacker News, former members of Google's Python team expressed their disappointment at the layoffs. Google confirmed the measures to TechCrunch, but did not provide any further details. It is therefore not known, for example, how many employees are affected.
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The US Python team, consisting of less than ten employees, manages the majority of Google's Python ecosystem, ensured the stability of Python at Google and updated thousands of third-party packages, among other things. Thomas Wouters, a member of the Python Foundation's steering council, criticized in a post on Mastodon, for example, that it was not easy for his colleagues to be laid off and that then he has to onboard their successors.
According to Hindustan Times, Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said in an email to employees that the company is continuing its broader restructuring efforts as it looks to focus more on Bengaluru, Mexico City and Dublin. Only recently, it was said that Google was going all in on artificial intelligence and was therefore restructuring. A few weeks ago, Googlegot rid of more employees. In January, Google laid off hundreds of employees, mainly in the hardware sector.
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