Google wants to invest and hire heavily in the United States in 2021
Expanding outside of California is also a way for the company to diversify its workforce.
Here are employees of the firm in New York.
ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mark Lennihan
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The US tech giant will invest $ 7 billion in offices and data centers across the country, and create 10,000 jobs there this year, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement Thursday, March 18.
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Google wants to be an integral part
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This includes investing in places that are new to Google and expanding into others, across 19 US states,
” he added.
Thousands of new jobs should be created in particular in Atlanta, the federal capital Washington, Chicago, and New York.
Google is investing in new offices as many companies wonder how to organize themselves after a year of pandemic and, for many employees, of telecommuting.
Establishing new data centers is also a way for the company to diversify its workforce.
Management's stated objective: meet its commitments in terms of racial equity.
Because we can not say that Google shines in this area.
Black and Latino people represent approximately 4% and 6% of its workforce respectively, and even less for managerial positions.
The group is making progress on this front, nevertheless assured Sundar Pichai: “
We have never hired as many black and Latino people at Google as in 2020, both in terms of all employees and technological positions.
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Blamed in several areas, the tech giant wants to redeem itself by injecting money into the recovery of the American economy.
In 2020, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, posted a profit of 15 billion dollars.
Up 50% year on year.
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