When Google promised a 300% pay increase to keep workers who were prepared to work...

When Google promised a 300% pay increase to keep workers who were prepared to work...

There was no direct relationship between the employee who received a rise and the AI section.

Google allegedly made a 300% pay rise offer to a worker. Why? Perplexity AI's CEO Arvind Srinivas said on the Big Technology Podcast that staff members were preparing to leave the company, underscoring the extent to which large tech firms would go in order to keep their workforces.

Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai at the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany

According to Arvind Srinivas, the worker who received a pay increase belonged to the "search team." According to him, he was not directly involved with its AI branch either.

It happened as Google CEO Sundar Pichai informed staff that there will be further layoffs and that the business would need to make "tough choices" in order to free up funds for additional investment.

Sundar Pichai said, "We have ambitious goals and we will invest in our big priorities this year," in an internal email to all Google workers. The truth is that we must make difficult decisions in order to build the capacity for this investment.

According to reports, since January 10, Google has let go of over a thousand workers in a variety of areas. Prior to this, Sundar Pichai had declared his intention to slash 12,000 positions, or 6% of the company's worldwide workforce.

"I must break some tough news. We have decided to cut over 12,000 positions from our staff. To the impacted US workers, we have already issued a separate email. The procedure is more local rules and practices will take longer in other nations," he added.