Google Offers Voluntary Buyouts, Signaling Future Layoffs
Employees at the search giant's Platforms and Devices team may be on the chopping block, but at least they'll get paid.
Google Is Offering a 'Voluntary Exit' For Some Employees After a Petition Signed by 1,400 Googlers Calls For Job Security
Over 1,400 Google employees signed a petition this week calling for more job security and asked the company to implement buyouts, or financial incentive packages to leave the company voluntarily, instead of resorting to mass layoffs.
Google offers ‘voluntary' buyouts to hardware and platform teams
Though Platforms and Device is not the juggernaut moneymaker that Google's search ads business is, the division's revenue rose to $10.66 billion in the third quarter, up nearly 28% from $8.34 billion the year prior. Google reported total revenue of $88.27 billion that quarter.
Google offers voluntary buyouts to the Android and Pixel team
Google laid off hundreds of employees. Now, as January 2025 draws to a close, Google is cutting workers in a slightly different manner. Google SVP of Devices and Ser
Google will let platforms and devices employees leave voluntarily prior to layoffs
Google has given US employees in the Platforms and Devices team the option to exit voluntarily before it starts cutting jobs. The news was first reported by 9to5Google. Google's Platforms and Devices team has 25,
Google offers ‘voluntary exit’ for Platforms & Devices staff, 9To5 Google says
This morning search giant Google announced a “voluntary exit program” for employees working in the Platforms & Devices group, which is the
Google issues ‘voluntary exit’ program for Android, Chrome, and Pixel employees
Google SVP Rick Osterloh issued an internal memo to the Pixel/Android/Chrome team Thursday, announcing a “voluntary exit program.” TechCrunch has
Google Offers Buyout Program Amid AI Shift, Cost Cuts And Monopoly Accusations
Google is offering a voluntary buyout program to its U.S.-based employees within the " Platforms and Devices " unit.
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Google offers cash to quit for workers who aren't 'deeply committed'
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Google’s Pixel and Android employees in the US are being asked to step aside voluntarily
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Is Google’s voluntary exit program for their hardware division a red flag?
Following last year's consolidation of Pixel hardware and Android software teams, Google has announced a voluntary exit ...