Has Google ever rescinded a job offer?

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Does Google ever rescind a job offer?
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Google rescinded offers for more than 2,000 people who had agreed to work as contractors or temporary employees, The New York Times first reported Friday.

In an email viewed by the Times, Google told contracting agencies last week that it has been "slowing our pace of hiring and investment, and are not bringing on as many new starters as we had planned at the beginning of the year." Google said it would "not be moving forward to onboard" the workers it had brought on through the agencies.

A Google spokesperson would not comment on details in the Times report, like the number of contractors whose offers were rescinded, but said in a statement: "As we've publicly indicated, we're slowing our pace of hiring and investment, and as a result are not bringing on as many new people – full-time and temporary – as we'd planned at the beginning of the year. We're continuing to hire in a number of strategic areas."

Last month, CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged to employees that hiring and investments would slow as the coronavirus pandemic created uncertainty for businesses across industries. In the memo, Pichai said Google added 20,000 employees in 2019 and had planned to do the same this year. At the time, it had brought on 4,000 new employees and a thousand more were scheduled to start soon, according to the memo.

A spokesperson told CNBC at the time that Google would be "maintaining momentum in a small number of strategic areas, and onboarding the many people who've been hired but haven't started yet."

Later in April, a global director warned of budget cuts and hiring freezes in its marketing department, according to internal materials viewed by CNBC.

Google's reported decision to rescind offers from contractors and temp workers once again draws attention to a vast portion of the company's workforce that does not enjoy the same benefits and protections of its full-time employees. Such workers, commonly known inside the company as TVCs (temporary, vendors and contractors) make up at least half of Google's roughly 300,000-person workforce.

But their differential status has been highlighted periodically in Google's history, like in April when Google told contract workers they could no longer access skills training tools reserved for full-time employees, as CNBC reported.

Still, Google has made some concessions to contract workers during the Covid-19 crisis. Google moved to extend contracts for temporary staff whose work was about to end during the crisis by 60 days, CNBC reported in March.

Read the full report from The New York Times.

-- CNBC's Jennifer Elias contributed to this report.

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All the news about rescinded offers and layoffs is making me re-evaluate timing for my notice period at my current employer. Any thoughts if Google rescinds offers for non-tech PGM roles?

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Google rescinded tons of internship offers in 2020, fyi. Especially for product roles.
- You're taking this personally. The Media and sometimes, the candidates tend to assume the worst because they dont have the full context. Not saying that's the case here, but that's the reason I asked for "evidence". Could Google have rescinded offers, definitely possible, but I disagree that the articles here prove that it did. It's also certainly possible that candidates refrained from posting about it due to fear of retaliation.
  Jun 4 2
- That said I also found it hard to believe that any big tech company would do that But apparently Facebook did, so I wouldn't be too surprised if others like Google and Amazon did that too. Lack of evidence doesn't mean it didn't happen, but having it makes it an objective fact vs something i heard from an anonymous person on the internet.
  
  Jun 4 2
Rescinding offers can cost them a lot of disgrace in their reputation. It won't
Google rescinding offers would be Armageddon
Jun 4 5 1
- This, if Google mass rescind offers, its the Wild West. Wont happen
  Jun 4 5
Google will not rescind offers. The likelihood is same as Microsoft rescinding offers.
Jun 4 6 4
- I was just saying what the pattern would look like if G was reducing hiring. It doesn’t look like G is even close to reducing hiring yet.
  Jun 7 0
- That pattern never forms through solid firms with good leadership. For example Morgan Stanley never laid off anyone during 2008 Financial crisis.
  Jun 7 0
They'd freeze hiring months before start rescinding offers.
Jun 4 3 0

Does Google ever rescind a job offer?

Google will institute a two-week hiring freeze, according to an email obtained by The Information. The tech company won't rescind offers, nor will it make any new offers until the end of the pause, according to a message from senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan.

Can you lose a job offer after accepting?

Many individuals wonder if a job offer sent to a job applicant can be withdrawn. Well, an employer has the power to rescind job offers for various reasons. This can happen even after an employee has already accepted the offer. Note that job offer withdrawal can not be based on discrimination since it is illegal.