Google will hire at least 6,000 workers 'across the board' in 2011

[Joanne98]

Source: Mercury News

Extending a surge that began last year and that economists said could be a positive sign for the Bay Area's economy, Google says 2011 will be its largest hiring year ever, plans that would mean the Internet giant will add more than 6,000 new workers this year.

With the hiring plans, Google will have more than 30,000 employees by the start of 2012, a workforce still significantly smaller than Silicon Valley giants like Intel, Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard, but more than double the size of rivals like Yahoo, and more than six times the size of the company that has become its most formidable competitor -- Facebook.

"Obviously, we're optimistic about the future," Google senior vice president Alan Eustace said in an interview Tuesday. "The growth that we're seeing across a lot of different areas is really based on seeds we planted a long time ago. We made investment decisions a long time ago to plant the seeds in different areas, and the exciting part is those seeds are actually developing now; those seeds are coming into fruition. I think it's unusual for a company to see so many opportunities align."

Among those major investments were Google's $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube in 2006 and its $3.1 billion purchase of the display advertising network DoubleClick in 2007.



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[aquart]

1. All in America? Or just some?

[onenote]

5. according to the article

"While much of the hiring will happen in and around Google's headquarters in Mountain View, the company also plans to add more than 1,000 workers in Europe, outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt said at a conference in Europe on Tuesday. Google now has over 60 offices in 30 countries.

"About one-third of Google's workforce is in the Bay Area, and Eustace said the company's 2011 hiring would be weighted at least in that ratio -- meaning Google plans to hire at least 2,000 people around its headquarters in Mountain View, at San Bruno-based YouTube and in its San Francisco offices."

[Kennah]

2. English-Mandarin bilingual speakers?

[bluestateguy]

3. Any job not created in America does not count

So we will see how many go to Americans.

[OhioChick]

+1000 n/t

[OhioChick]

7. dupe n/t

[DCBob]

4. Soon we may be saying "As Google goes, so goes the Nation"..

Google is an incredible company that is driving IT and web technology in this country and the world. Expect to see some major technological developments coming from these guys in the near future.

[OwnedByFerrets]

6. What do they manufacture again?? I've forgotten. nt

[Kolesar]

8. Replaced Yahoo

And Alta Vista