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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Marcus

Multi-millionaire Google CEO Sundar Pichai tells workers don’t ‘equate fun with money’ during meeting

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Multi-millionaire Google CEO Sundar Pichai ruffled feathers during an all-hands meeting focused on cost-cutting at the tech giant this week, telling employees not to “equate fun with money.”

During the meeting, Mr Pichai was asked in a highly rated question by employees on an internal messenger why the company was “nickel-and-diming employees” by rolling back Google’s famous perks when the company “has record profits and huge cash reserves,” according to audio of the meeting obtained by CNBC.

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