the suggestion to reduce the number of people promoted by 2 percent—which meant that some qualified people
Wasn’t it from 10% to 8%? That 2% is misleading there, it makes it look far less significant than it was.
Google’s human-resources department presents potential ways to cut the company’s $20 billion compensation budget
I guarantee there are cost savings to be had in the HR department, but I bet there was no slide on that