Google Cloud Layoffs Hit Employees As Sales Reach Record Highs

“After nearly a decade working my dream job at Google, my role was impacted by a recent organizational change,” said one former employee on LinkedIn Wednesday.

Google has reportedly laid off Google Cloud employees as the tech giant’s cloud business unit continues to shatter sales and operating income records quarter after quarter.

Google Cloud employee layoffs have affected workers in user experience roles, such as employees tasked with working on design and user experience (UX) research, according to a report by Business Insider and several LinkedIn posts seen by CRN.

“After nearly a decade working my dream job at Google, my role was impacted by a recent organizational change,” said a Google senior user experience researcher who posted on LinkedIn. “While it’s an unexpected transition, I’m incredibly grateful for the experience.”

Google Cloud staff being terminated were told on Monday via email about their roles being cut, according to several LinkedIn posts CRN has reviewed.

“I was unfortunately part of the Google Cloud layoffs yesterday, and it’s sad to be saying goodbye after only 6 months joining a great team,” said a quantitative UX researcher at Google in a LinkedIn post. “It’s tough knowing many talented colleagues are in the same boat.”

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Google Cloud did not respond to comment on the layoffs or information on how many employees are being affected.

The $54 billion Mountain View, Calif.-based cloud and AI giant has been hitting record revenue and operating income numbers quarter after quarter for the past several years.

Google Cloud Q2 2025 Earnings And Market Share

Google Cloud most recently reported its financial earnings for the second quarter of 2025 in August.

The company’s Q2 revenue reached $13.6 billion, representing a year-over-year growth rate of 32 percent.

Google Cloud’s operating income for Q2 2025 was $2.8 billion, up 33 percent from $1.2 billion year over year.

In terms of global cloud infrastructure services market share, Google Cloud ranks No. 3 at 13 percent share, followed by Microsoft at 20 percent share and AWS at 30 percent share. This is according to data from Synergy Research Group.

Google Cloud CEO Recent Remarks

A few weeks ago, Google Cloud’s CEO Thomas Kurian did a keynote at a Goldman Sachs conference where he highlighted the company’s sales momentum and $106 billion backlog.

“Our remaining performance obligation, or backlog, is now at $106 billion. It is growing faster than our revenue,” Kurian said. “More than 50 percent of it will convert to revenue over the next two years.”

He said not only is Google Cloud growing cloud revenue at a faster clip than AWS and Microsoft, but is growing the company’s remaining performance obligation.

“We’re also very focused on operating discipline to improve operating margins,” he said.

According to layoff-tracking website Layoffs.fyi, more than 90,000 tech employees have been laid off so far in 2025.