Tag Archives: executive

Google recently announced the largest-ever layoffs in the company’s 25-year history. The company is cutting 12,000 jobs, or roughly 6% of its full-time workforce. Days after the announcement, Google executives including CEO Sundar Pichai defended the job cuts during a companywide town hall. Pichai said that he consulted with the founders and controlling shareholders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as the board of directors about the layoffs. During the address Pichai indicated there… Source link

A former Google executive has claimed he was fired from the tech giant after he rejected his female boss’s advances when she allegedly groped him at a swanky dinner which prompted her to accuse him of ‘microaggressions.’ Ryan Olohan, 48, a married New Jersey father-of-seven, alleges Tiffany Miller rubbed his abdominals, told him he had a nice body and that her marriage lacked ‘spice,’ according to a lawsuit filed in November. Miller, who is Asian, told Olohan she knew he liked Asian women —… Source link

Google is planning to reduce senior executives’ pay as part of a cost-cutting drive that includes laying off 12,000 workers.  Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and its parent Alphabet (ticker: GOOG), said employees at the senior vice president level and above would get lower bonuses, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people who heard the remarks at a companywide meeting on Monday.  Source link

Jan 12 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google promoted the head of its international cloud businesses, Adaire Fox-Martin, to take on a top sales role as part of an operating model rejig, a spokesperson said on Thursday. The head of Google Cloud unit in the Americas, Kirsten Kliphouse, has left the company, the spokesperson said. Fox-Martin’s appointment aims at “unifying global go-to-market organization,” the company said and the role will focus on all global sales as well as service and… Source link

Jan 12 (Reuters) – The head of Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud unit in the Americas, Kirsten Kliphouse, has left the company, the Information reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the situation. Kliphouse is being replaced by Adaire Fox-Martin, who was previously the president of Google Cloud International and the head of Google’s Ireland office, according to the report. Alphabet did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The shakeup comes as growth in the cloud… Source link

(Bloomberg) — One of Apple Inc.’s most senior executives is leaving after he turned up in a viral video on TikTok making an off-color joke that he fondles “big-breasted women” for a living. Most Read from Bloomberg In the video, published on Sept. 5, Apple’s Tony Blevins was approached by TikTok and Instagram creator Daniel Mac as part of a series where he asks owners of expensive cars their occupations. The executive was stopped by Mac while parking a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, an… Source link

Allan Thygesen, attends the YouTube Brandcast 2022 at Imperial Theatre on May 17, 2022 in New York City. Roy Rochlin | Getty Images DocuSign shares rose more than 3% in extended trading after the electronic signature software maker announced it has hired an Alphabet executive, Allan Thygesen, to be its next CEO. The announcement comes three month after DocuSign said its CEO for the past five years, Dan Springer, was stepping down. Like other cloud software companies, DocuSign enjoyed a wave of… Source link

The news sent the company’s shares 9% higher in extended trading on Tuesday and underscored a shift in focus at Pinterest to e-commerce initiatives from its advertising-based business model. In Ready, 42, the company gets an executive who for the past two years ran commerce and payment operations at the Alphabet Inc-owned search giant. Ready has also held senior leadership roles at PayPal. His appointment brings to an end Silbermann’s 12-year tenure as CEO, which began when he co-founded the… Source link

Pinterest, Inc. by Chairman, Co-Founder, President and CEO Ben Silbermann reacts as they celebrate the IPO of Pinterest Inc. at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register June 28 (Reuters) – Pinterest Inc (PINS.N) said on Tuesday that long-time Chief Executive Officer Ben Silbermann would step down, handing over the reins of the social media platform to Google commerce executive… Source link