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Google starts 2025 offering voluntary buyouts to staff

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.Justin Sullivan/GettyGoogle offers a voluntary exit package to US staff in the Platforms and Devices unit.The exit program follows last year's merger of Android and Chrome with device teams.Google aims to enhance focus and efficiency in building products post-restructuring.Google has offered a voluntary exit package to employees in the unit responsible for Android software and Pixel phones, multiple employees familiar wi…

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Google offers voluntary exit for staff in Pixel and Android group

Google SVP Rick Osterloh issued an internal memo to the Pixel/Android/Chrome team Thursday, announcing a “voluntary exit program.” TechCrunch has

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Google issues ‘voluntary exit’ program for Android, Chrome, and Pixel employees

Google initiated layoffs as it entered 2024, and although no similar actions have been taken yet in 2025, employees are feeling apprehensive about the future. A recent memo distributed to U.S. employees in the Platforms and Devices team has heightened these concerns. The memo outlined a "voluntary exit program," which guarantees severance for employees who choose to leave their positions voluntarily. This communication came from Rick Osterloh, t…

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Google reportedly offers ‘voluntary exit’ to Android, Pixel employees

Google says US employees working on Android, Pixel, and other projects are guaranteed severance if they voluntary choose to leave.

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Google offers “voluntary exit” to all US platforms and devices employees

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Google announces a “voluntary exit program” for employees working in the Platforms & Devices group in the US, which includes Android, Chrome, Pixel, and more

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Google has introduced a voluntary exit program for select US employees, offering severance packages to those who opt to leave the company. The program applies to employees in the Platforms & Devices division, including teams working on Pixel, Android, Chrome, Fitbit, Nest, and more. The move follows last year’s restructuring, which merged the Pixel hardware and Android software divisions to accelerate AI …

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Google’s Pixel and Android employees in the US are being asked to step aside voluntarily

Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel and Android were merged into one division, and Google today announced a “voluntary exit program.”

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Google offering ‘voluntary exit’ for employees working on Pixel, Android

Google is reportedly offering a “voluntary exit” for Pixel and Android employees, those that are in the Platforms & Devices group, which was created last year. This is according to an email that Google SVP Rick Osterloh sent out to the group on Thursday morning, which 9to5Google was able to confirm, is happening. This applies to US employees that are working in the Platforms & Devices group. That includes Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, Google Photos…

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Pixel and Android Employees Offered "Voluntary Exit" at Google

Android, Chrome, Pixel... all of this is in the same team at Google, this division is called Platforms & Devices. Unfortunately, Google still wants to get rid of employees in this team, as shown by this new voluntary departure campaign. [Read more]Join us from 5 to 7 p.m., every other Wednesday, for the UNLOCK show produced by Frandroid and Numerama! Tech news, interviews, tips and analyses... We'll meet you live on Twitch or in replay on YouTub…

Android, Chrome, Pixel... tout ça est dans la même équipe chez Google, on nomme cette division Platforms & Devices. Malheureusement, Google veut encore se séparer de salariés dans cette équipe, comme le montre cette nouvelle campagne de départs volontaires.  [Lire la suite]Rejoignez-nous de 17 à 19h, un mercredi sur deux, pour l’émission UNLOCK produite par Frandroid et Numerama ! Actus tech, interviews, astuces et analyses… On se retrouve en di…

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