Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the company's new desk-sharing policy for cloud employees, calling it an effort to save money and make better use of resources. The downsizing effort, called Cloud Office Evolution (CLOE), will ask employees and partners to share desks at Google's five largest locations. Pichai emphasized the need for financial responsibility, especially with expensive real estate, and reminded employees that some offices were practically empty. The cloud division makes up roughly a quarter of the company's overall workforce, and Pichai stated that the policy is just for cloud employees at the moment. The policy has been met with criticism from some employees who have complained about the communication surrounding the rollout.
