Google is slowing down hiring through 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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Google says it will slow hiring for the remainder of 2020 and adjust its investments in areas like data centers and marketing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an email from CEO Sundar Pichai sent to Google employees that was obtained by Bloomberg. Google confirmed the authenticity of the email to The Verge.

“We’ll be slowing down the pace of hiring, while maintaining momentum in a small number of strategic areas, and onboarding the many people who’ve been hired but haven’t started yet,” Google said in a statement to The Verge.

“We believe now is the time to significantly slow down the pace of hiring”

“We believe now is the time to significantly slow down the pace of hiring, while maintaining momentum in a small number of...

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