Overview
- YouTube launched a Voluntary Exit Program offering severance to eligible U.S. employees in Mohan’s direct-reporting organization starting immediately.
- The reorganization creates Viewer Products, Creator & Community Products, and Subscription Products, each reporting to the CEO.
- Johanna Voolich will lead Viewer Products and Christian Oestlien will lead Subscription Products, with a search underway for the Creator & Community Products lead.
- Company statements say no roles are being eliminated as part of the changes, which take effect on Nov. 5.
- Mohan framed AI as YouTube’s “next frontier,” with coverage noting similar AI-driven workforce shifts across tech, including Amazon’s plan to cut about 14,000 corporate jobs.