Google, which operates this dining area at its Bay View campus in Mountain View, Calif., will close cafeterias on days with modest traffic, its finance chief said.
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Google’s finance chief told employees to expect more spending cuts in areas from how it uses its servers to when it closes employee cafes as the company tries to meet savings targets this year.
Ruth Porat,
who serves as chief financial officer of both Google and parent company
Alphabet Inc.,
GOOG 2.32%
said Friday in a staff memo that Google would eliminate some snack bars, or “microkitchens,” and close cafeterias on days with modest traffic. Google will also introduce an internal tool that helps teams pick low-cost providers of outside services such as software and equipment providers.
“Just as we did in 2008, we’ll be looking at data to identify other areas of spending that aren’t as effective as they should be, or that don’t scale at our size,” Ms. Porat wrote in the email.
One of Google’s objectives this year is to “deliver durable savings through improved velocity and efficiency,” Ms. Porat wrote.
“This work is particularly vital because of our recent growth, the challenging economic environment, and our incredible investment opportunities to drive technology forward – particularly in AI,” she wrote.
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