New York — Search engine Goliath Google Inc., which just last week issued pink slips to around 200 hapless souls from its sales and marketing division, is searching for more than 350 vacant positions worldwide listed on its website, including over 20 in India, and a spokesman has confirmed that they are indeed open positions.
According to job postings on Google’s website that is still advertising for sales staff in addition to openings for computer engineers, engineering operations, finance, human resources and software engineering.
In India alone, the organization is hiring for over 20 positions at its offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Gurgaon. India is one of the largest locations for Google outside the US.
Last Thursday, Google announced it would slash about 200 jobs in sales and marketing operations worldwide. Only about 30 of the US job openings are for work that appears related to sales and marketing.
Google executives have said the layoffs are not inconsistent with the current job offerings, which, as well as being in the US, are also in world locations, such as Ireland and Australia.
The job listings offers a fascinating window into the inner workings of the vast Google empire, which has a need for everything from a software engineer in Krakow to an account manager in Cairo.
A job listing for a “Peering Coordinator” at Google’s EU headquarters begins with a hint of international intrigue:
“When we are not planning and designing our next secret data center, we focus on selecting, negotiating for and acquiring the space, power and networks to expand Google’s global reach,” the ad reads.
And of course, given that the Google army famously marches on its belly, it is no surprise that the company wants a Foodservices Supply Chain Manager to report for duty at the Googleplex.
And somewhat amazingly, it seems the task of breaking the news of Google’s last weeks job cuts to certain employees fell into the hands of new AOL CEO, Tim Armstrong. But as he is still technically at Google during a transition period, Armstrong had one last job to take care of. Read the entire memo here.