Google Informs Its Employees That Fewer People Will Get Promoted To Senior Positions

Google informs staff that this year will see a decrease in the number of promotions to more senior positions.

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Although we are preparing for fewer promotion into L6 and above than that when Google was growing swiftly, the procedure is manager-led and will be basically comparable to last year, the business stated in an email seen by Trade Algo. The L6 classification denotes the first level of personnel that is regarded as senior and normally consists of individuals with roughly ten years of experience.

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The modifications occur as a result of Google rolling out a new performance evaluation system called Google Reviews and Development (GRAD), which, as Trade Algo revealed in December, will lead to more Google employees earning negative performance evaluations and fewer receiving excellent scores. On Monday's email, Insider earlier published a report.

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Google's middle management is extensive, just like that of many other big IT businesses. The company's capacity to distribute goods effectively was impacted, according to the findings of an internal survey conducted last year. In an effort to reduce expenses as growth slows and concerns about a recession linger, Google is also currently doing so. After slowing down hiring, the corporation revealed in January that it will be laying off 12,000 employees, or around 6% of the total workforce.

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To "ensure that the number of of Googlers in more senior and leadership positions grows in proportion to the growth of the firm," the internet giant explained in a Monday email that it is promoting fewer employees to senior positions.

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The email stated that your boss would propose you for a promotion if they thought you were qualified. Technical employees who want to "self-nominate" will only have a "short window of time" to do so between March 6 and 8, according to the email.

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For this report, Google did not immediately offer a comment.