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Report: Google Taking Economic Climate Seriously, Cutting Back On Perks
The Wall Street Journal posted an extended story today on what Google is doing to curtail costs in light of the current economic climate. The laundry list is very long. It includes:
This represents a pretty big change in Google's thinking. It has always offered Google employees the opportunity to work on projects and services that they wanted to for 20% of their time. Google didn't say that it was taking away that 20%, but it is going to manage it differently. SearchMash already has been killed off by Google, and Lively will be shut down at the end of this month. Other services on the brink of elimination include Google Notebook (which I use and happen to like) and Google Audio Indexing. If there are any other services that Google might pull the plug on, they haven't yet been named. In all, Google is taking the economy seriously and making the appropriate shifts in its business practices to meet these uncertain times. « Yahoo Among Stocks Erasing Record Losses From Monday | Main | Politicker.com Impeaches Amazon Web Services » |
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