BusinessGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai says search giant has slashed manager roles by 10% in efficiency driveGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly said he has slashed a tenth of the search giants managerial roles since last year as part of a drive to become more efficient.In total, Google has reduced the number of managers, directors, and vice presidents within its workforce by 10%, Pichai said during an all-hands meeting on Wednesday.A Google spokesperson said the structural changes described by Pichai are designed have been rolling out since 2023 and did not represent job cuts beyond those previously reported.CEO Sundar Pichai said he has slashed a tenth of Googles managerial roles since last year in an effort to become more efficient. Getty ImagesSome managers were shifted to individual contributor roles meaning they are no longer responsible for other employees. An unspecified number of other managers were laid off, the spokesperson added.Insider was first to report on Pichais remarks. Shares of Google parent Alphabet were flat in Friday trading. Pichai had previously identified durable cost savings as one of Googles key goals for 2024. This year alone, Google has slashed hundreds of jobs across multiple divisions, including its ad sales team, its core engineering team and the hardware division responsible for devices such as the Pixel, Nest and Fitbit.The biggest round of cuts occurred in 2023, when Google cut some 12,000 employees in a major bloodletting.The restructuring has played out as Google attempts to compete with Sam Altmans OpenAI and other burgeoning rivals in the artificial intelligence sector.Google cut some 12,000 employees in 2023. AFP via Getty ImagesGoogle is also in the midst of several high-profile legal battles that could upend its business model including a looming breakup of its search business after a federal judge ruled it was a monopolist last August.Google is just one of many Big Tech giants that have slashed their workforces in recent months due to tightened economic conditions and a desire to shift more resources toward the artificial intelligence race.Mark Zuckerberg famously declared 2023 to be a year of efficiency at Meta while slashing tens of thousands of jobs at the Facebook and Instagram parent.Metas middle managers were reportedly told to shift to individual contributor roles or leave as part of what was reportedly described internally as flattening.