Google to ramp up hiring in Chicago, New York and other cities – Crain’s Chicago Business

The company will hire 10,000 staffers in Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta over the next five years as part of an effort to double the number of Black employees and invest in the long-term growth of U.S. locations that contribute to a high quality of life for Black+ Googlers, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post today.Google will hire 1,000 of those workers next year.

Google, which had 118,899 employees at the end of last year, hired more than 20,000 employees in 2019. The company has more than 1,200 employees in Chicago and has been ramping up its technology team in recent years in search, hardware and cloud computing.

Google, like many big tech companies, has been under pressure for years to increase its diversity from Rev. Jesse Jackson and others. After widespread protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, Google said it would spend $175 million to support Black-owned businesses and increase diversity in management. Just 5.5 percent of its employees are Blackup from 4.8 percent a year earlier.

The hiring pledge comes days after U.S. Department of Justice filed anantitrust lawsuitagainst the company that accuses it of abusing its power in the search market. Pichai did not mention the lawsuit in the post, but the company this week called the lawsuitdeeply flawed.

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