Google is reportedly planning another round of layoffs after it recently fired hundreds of employees as part of a global restructuring effort. The fresh round of layoffs will primarily impact employees in advertising, sales and marketing roles in India, with layoffs expected to begin next week, Business Standard reported.
The company’s Hyderabad and Bengaluru offices are likely to reasssign the engineering workforce to more “revenue-generating” projects amid global restructuring plans, instead of immediate layoffs. Google, however, has not officially confirmed the planned layoffs in India or disclosed how many employees may be affected.
Recently, Google laid off employees from the company’s platforms and devices division, who work on Android software, Pixel phones, and the Chrome browser, to “operate more effectively”, a company spokesperson said.
The layoffs come on the heels of the internal merger of the Platforms and Devices teams last year. The Platforms and Devices division is led by Google SVP Rick Osterloh.
A Google spokesperson noted that as part of the company’s ongoing restructuring process, voluntary exit schemes have also been rolled out earlier this year. The scheme would incentivise employees to resign from the company before an upcoming mass restructuring.
“Since combining the Platforms and Devices teams last year, we’ve focused on becoming more nimble and operating more effectively, and this included making some job reductions in addition to the voluntary exit program that we offered in January,” a Google spokesperson told The Information.
The tech giant had previously reduced its workforce in other areas, including its cloud division in February, although those cuts affected only a few teams. This latest wave of layoffs adds to the broader trend of restructuring across Google’s core product lines.
In 2023, Google implemented a similar restructuring and laid off as many as 12,000 employees, accounting for 6 per cent of its global workforce, to align with its product priorities. That round of layoffs impacted multiple teams, including engineering, product, and corporate roles, with its Indian offices also bearing some of the brunt.
So far in 2025, more than 23,500 tech workers have lost their jobs across 93 companies, according to Layoffs.fyi, a platform that tracks layoffs in the tech industry. The latest reports of job cuts at Google and Microsoft highlight an ongoing shift in the tech landscape, driven by AI-led restructuring, performance-based evaluations, and a focus on streamlining operations.
