Google is laying off an undetermined number of workers, the company announced Wednesday, as the company aims to lessen costs amid economic uncertainties.

The Alphabet-owned company left much to the imagination as it did not specify what departments or the amount of employees which would be effected by the cuts.

However, this is nothing new in tech nor for Google, as the new announcement comes after a flurry of layoffs across the company and the tech sphere. The tech giant laid off hundreds of employees just this January, across its engineering, assistant, and hardware teams.

“Throughout the second half of 2023 and into 2024, a number of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better, remove layers and align their resources to their biggest product priorities,” a Google spokesperson said, as reported by Reuters.

A report from Business Insider, Google’s real estate and finance departments have been affected so far, including Google’s treasury, business services, and cash operations.

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According to that report, the restructuring efforts include expansion in Bangalore, Mexico City and Dublin, which was communicated to staff by finance chief Ruth Porat.

2024 has already seen a swath of tech layoffs: according to layoffs.fyi, 74,672 tech workers have already lost their jobs just this year.

The Google lay offs simply signal that this pattern is likely to continue, partially to please investors amid turbulent global economics, and to usher in a new era of AI, requiring investment.