Google plans to lay off just under 200 sales and marketing staff across its worldwide organizations.

Google Senior VP of Global Sales and Business Development, Omid Kordestani, wrote in a blog post that Google had decided the lay-offs were necessary after rejecting other options.

Evidently, the lay-offs are part of Google’s plan to restructure operations in order to end duplication and awkward decision making due to overlapping organizations.

Google will give each laid-off employee time to apply for another position at Google, outplacement support, and a severance package if they end up leaving the company.

Source: Omid Kordestani, “Changes to our sales and marketing organizations,” Official Google Blog, March 26, 2009

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