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Google has reportedly fired the entire Python team, marking the latest job cuts in the tech giant ahead of its annual developer conference this month. The tech giant has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart, Python and affected employees have shared their stories on social media.
A few employees on Hacker News and Reddit have claimed that the entire Python team was fired. Python is a major code used in artificial intelligence and machine learning. According to some, the tech giant has not eliminated its Python team but has replaced the existing team with another group based in Munich.
Some suggest that Google is looking for a cheaper option elsewhere outside the US. “As we’ve said, we’re responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” said Google spokesperson Alex Garcia-Kummert told TechCrunch.
“To best position us for these opportunities, throughout the second half of 2023 and into 2024, a number of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better, remove layers, and align their resources to their biggest product priorities. Through this, we’re simplifying our structures to give employees more opportunity to work on our most innovative and important advances and our biggest company priorities while reducing bureaucracy and layers,” he added.
