Overview

• The voluntary exit program offers U.S.-based employees at least 14 weeks of severance pay with enrollment running through July 1.
• The latest buyouts extend to teams in Knowledge and Information, central engineering, marketing, research and communications.
• Employees in DeepMind AI, Google Cloud, YouTube and central ad sales are not eligible for the current program.
• By September, remote staff living within 50 miles of an office must resume onsite work three days a week to keep their roles.
• Google is overhauling its internal learning platform to emphasize practical AI tool training and remove nonessential courses.