Despite growth, Google and VMware to shed cloud workers

Google LLC and VMware Inc. are both planning to shed a small number of jobs from their respective cloud computing businesses, despite having seen some strong growth in the area in recent months. The job cuts at Google are said to be part of a “reorganization” of the company’s cloud business, officials said in a statement to the press.“We recently communicated organizational changes to a handful of teams that will improve how we market, partner, and engage with customers in every industry around the globe,” a spokesperson for the company told MarketWatch Friday. “We made the difficult, but necessary decision to notify a small number of employees that their roles will be eliminated. We’re working with our internal mobility teams across the company to help those affected by this change, and hope to find them new roles within the company.”