On Jan. 10, Google sent a letter to the city announcing its intentions to lay off 364 workers on its product, design and engineering teams. The layoffs will occur between the months of March and October, impacting employees in offices on Charleston Road, Amphitheater Parkway, Crittenden Lane and Sterling Court.
Google also plans to close down all four of its Bay Area child care centers, two of which are located in Mountain View. The closure of one of the centers at 325 Gladys Ave. will result in the layoff of 73 workers, according to the state filing.
The layoffs will have a bearing on the city's finances, although the extent of the impact is not yet known, said Brian Babcock, a city spokesperson. "It will decrease business license tax revenue to the City, which is based on employee headcount," he said.
The tech giant described the layoffs as part of ongoing organizational and priority changes that have been happening since last year and will continue well into 2024.
"Some teams are continuing to make these kinds of organizational changes, which include some role eliminations globally," a Google spokesperson said in a statement to this news agency.
Google made sweeping job cuts last year, eliminating 12,000 positions in January. Since then, periodic layoffs have been occurring in the company's tech, recruiting and news divisions.
Along with job cuts, Google's development plans in the Bay Area have also been in flux in recent months. Last November, it announced it had parted ways with its real estate developer, Lendlease, that was involved with two massive housing and office projects in Mountain View — the North Bayshore Master Plan and Middlefield Park Master Plan. Last April, reports surfaced that Google was delaying a megaproject in San Jose.
Babcock said that the city was not aware of how the layoffs might affect Google's development plans in Mountain View.
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