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Google employees pressure execs at all-hands meeting for clarity on cost cuts

Following comments on Google's earnings call about continuing cuts, employees wanted answers at the company's latest all-hands meeting.

Alphabet executives, donning Halloween costumes, faced questions from concerned employees at an all-hands meeting on Wednesday, following comments on the company's earnings call suggesting that more cost cuts are coming. Google's chief scientist, Jeff Dean, wore a starfish costume to the meeting, while Ashkenazi sported a jersey of former Indiana Pacers star Reggie Miller. In response to a question about productivity, Brian Saluzzo, head of "Core" developers, said that while the 25% refers to low-level tasks, leadership is in the midst of "expanding to more complex areas" within the company.

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