Google is pausing hiring for two weeks: Read VP’s letter to employees

Google is pausing all hiring for two weeks. According to a report in The Information, Google’s senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan has sent an email to employees regarding the same. The email mentions what this hiring hiring would and would not impact. It clearly says that the hiring freeze will not affect offers that Google has already extended to applicants, but that it will not make any new offers until the pause was over.
Here are key excerpts from the email
* “We’ll use this time to review our headcount needs and align on a new set of prioritized Staffing Requests for the next three months.”
* “We’ll use this time to review our headcount needs and align on a new set of prioritized Staffing Requests for the next three months,” said Raghavanthe email.