Overview

• At an internal all-hands, Google said it has 35% fewer managers overseeing teams of three or fewer than a year ago.
• Executives said the goal is to reduce bureaucracy, with leadership roles becoming a smaller share of the workforce over time.
• Many affected managers have remained at the company in individual contributor roles rather than exiting.
• Voluntary Exit Program offers have been extended across about 10 U.S. product areas, including search, marketing, hardware and people operations, with roughly 3% to 5% uptake.
• Leaders are pushing wider use of AI in daily work, and Sundar Pichai has cited an estimated 10% productivity gain for engineers using AI.