Alphabet’s self-driving vehicle unit Waymo quietly laid off staff Monday, continuing a wave of job cuts at the parent company of Google, according to LinkedIn posts from affected employees and one person briefed about the move.
The posts indicated that Waymo cut recruiters, people who help train other employees to operate the vehicles, and technical staff focused on automating semitrailer trucks. The total number of laid off “Waymonauts” at the roughly 2,500-person company couldn’t immediately be learned.
