Google Axes Manager Mini-Teams, Urges AI or Die Trying
In a bold efficiency purge worthy of corporate gladiators, Google has slashed 35% of its managers who lord over tiny teams of three or fewer souls, as revealed in an all-hands meeting last week by Brian Welle, the VP who apparently hates middle managers more than holiday traffic. This savage cut builds on December's 10% chop of managers, directors, and VPs ā because why have layers when you can serve corporate sandwich flat? Googleās staffing wars follow in Big Techās footsteps, joining Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, and Meta in the great flattening of 2024ā2025. Meanwhile, CEO Sundar Pichai sweet-talks coders into seducing AI to squeeze a 10% productivity boost, presumably because humans remain chronically imperfect. In summary, Googleās new motto might be: Manage less, automate more, and pray AI doesnāt unionize first.
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Google chopped over a third of managers running pocket-sized teams and now demands AI wizardry to survive. Next memo: meetings reduced to AI-generated memes and humans become 10% more replaceableāaka the new efficiency gospel.
Googleās year-long manager cull means if your team has fewer than four people, beware. AIās now your coworker, boss, and judge. Welcome to the future where your deskmate is a chatbot that never steals your lunch.
Big Tech plaque: 'In memory of all small team managers fired in 2024ā2025, replaced by AI and ruthless spreadsheets.' RIP to anyone trying to boss three people without a robot backup.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/27/2025 | Author: Hugh Langley
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