Google is shedding workers at Waze, CNBC reported on Tuesday. The corporate is transferring Waze over to Google’s adverts system, and that change will imply cuts at Waze in “gross sales, advertising and marketing, operations and analytics,” Chris Phillips, VP and GM of Google’s Geo unit, wrote in an e mail seen by the publication. Phillips’ e mail didn’t point out the variety of jobs that might be minimize at Waze, which has greater than 500 staffers, in line with CNBC.
Waze confirmed the layoffs in a press release to The Verge. “Google stays deeply dedicated to rising Waze’s distinctive model, its beloved app and its thriving neighborhood of volunteers and customers,” Caroline Bourdeau, Waze’s head of PR, mentioned within the assertion. “As a way to create a greater, extra seamless long run expertise for Waze advertisers, we’ve begun transitioning Waze’s present promoting system to Google Advertisements know-how. As a part of this replace, we’ve decreased these roles centered on Waze Advertisements monetization and are offering workers with mobility sources and severance choices in accordance with native necessities.” We’ve requested Bourdeau for particulars about what number of workers can be laid off.
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