Google is warning workers that fewer of them will obtain promotions to extra senior ranges this yr than up to now.

“The method is manager-led and shall be largely just like final yr — although with our slower tempo of hiring, we’re planning for fewer promotions into L6 and above than when Google was rising shortly,” the corporate mentioned in an e mail that was considered by CNBC. The L6 distinction refers back to the first layer of workers that is thought-about senior and usually consists of folks with a couple of decade of expertise.

The adjustments come as Google implements a brand new efficiency assessment system referred to as Google Evaluations and Improvement (GRAD), which as CNBC reported in December, will end in extra Google workers receiving low efficiency rankings and fewer receiving excessive marks. Insider beforehand reported on Monday’s e mail.

Like many giant tech corporations, Google has a sprawling center administration. In accordance with final yr’s inside survey outcomes that affected the corporate’s skill to ship merchandise effectively. Google is also within the midst of attempting to chop prices as progress decelerates and recession considerations persist. The corporate has slowed hiring and introduced in January that it is reducing 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of the workforce.

In Monday’s e mail, the tech big mentioned it is selling fewer folks to senior roles “to make sure that the variety of Googlers in additional senior and management roles grows in proportion to the expansion of the corporate.”

“In case your supervisor believes that you’re able to be promoted, they are going to nominate you,” the e-mail mentioned. Employees in technical roles who need to “self-nominate” could have a “brief window of time” between March 6-8 to take action, the e-mail mentioned.

Google did not instantly present a remark for this story.

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