Google says HR chief stepping down as company faces worker activism

Google has confirmed that head of human resources Eileen Naughton was stepping away from her job as “vice president of people operations” at the internet company.

“We’re grateful to Eileen for all she’s done and look forward to her next chapter at Google,” Sundar Pichai, the head of Google and its parent company Alphabet, said in a statement on Monday. Google added more than 70,000 employees during Naughton’s time as head of human resources, according to Pichai.

Naughton said that she would work with Pichai and chief financial officer Ruth Porat to find a successor.

“My husband and I have decided—after six years on the road, first in London and now San Francisco—to return home to New York to be closer to our family,” Naughton said.