Google stops hiring for 2 weeks to review ‘headcount needs’

San Francisco: Google has put a freeze on hiring for two weeks to review its headcount needs and decide on future course of action. The company last week announced to slow down hirings for the rest of the year.

According to The Information, Prabhakar Raghavan who is Google’s senior vice president has sent an email to employees about the decision to stop hiring for two weeks.

“We’ll use this time to review our headcount needs and align on a new set of prioritised Staffing Requests for the next three months,” Raghavan wrote.