Naughton's tenure at Google has been controversial, as employee activism against the company's practices have grown.
Google’s head of human resources Eileen Naughton announced that she would be stepping down from her role this year, as tensions between employees and management continue to roil the company. The news was first reported byNaughton will stay on at Google, but it’s not clear in what role. In statement provided by Google, Naughton said she was stepping down because she had decided to move back to New York.
„I’m at the very beginning of the process, and wanted to let everyone know upfront, as I’ll be working with Sundar and Ruth to find a great leader for the People Operations team,“ Naughton said in a statement that Google provided to Business Insider. Naughton, who has been with the company since 2006 and headed human resources for the past four years, led the company’s charge into becoming a massive operation. She spearheaded the recruitment of 70,000 new employees and doubled Google’s employee headcount.
But Naughton was also in charge of a workforce that grew increasingly angry with the company’s management, over its alleged handling of
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