Overview

• Layoffs targeted quantitative user experience research and platform and service experience groups, with some adjacent teams also affected.
• Internal documents indicate certain design teams were cut by roughly half, with many of the affected roles based in the United States.
• Employees were notified by email early this week, and some have until early December to secure new positions within the company.
• The reductions extend a broader restructuring that includes voluntary exit offers and removal of over one-third of managers overseeing small teams as staff are urged to use AI tools.
• The actions coincide with strong performance at Google Cloud, which reported Q2 2025 revenue of $13.6 billion and operating income of $2.8 billion.