Google HR Head to quit amid rising tensions
Eileen Naughton, head of human resources at Google is resigning from her job as “vice president of people operations” at the internet company.
Naughton has held several roles at Google since 2006, serving as vice president of people operations for the past four years. Her departure is the latest in a series from the executive ranks.
Sundar Pichai, the head of Google and its parent company Alphabet, said: “We’re grateful to Eileen for all she’s done and look forward to her next chapter at Google.
“Over the past 13 years, Eileen has made major contributions to the company in numerous areas, from media partnerships, to leading our sales and operations in the U.K. and Ireland, to leading our People Operations team through a period of significant growth—during which over 70,000 people started their careers at Google.”
Commenting on the resignation, Naughton said: “My husband and I have decided—after six years on the road, first in London and now San Francisco—to return home to New York to be closer to our family. 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.”
She also stated that she would work with Pichai and chief financial officer Ruth Porat to find a successor.
In recent years, the Google workplace has been disrupted by employee opposition to top-level decisions ranging from forging contracts with the US military to tailoring a version of the search engine for China.
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