Google Offers Buyouts: Decoding the Real Intent Behind the Offer
Why fire people when you can politely invite them to leave? Google’s latest HR masterpiece—the “voluntary exit program”—is like offering cake before pushing folks out the back door.
After the PR disaster of axing 12,000 jobs in 2023, Google is now laying people off with a smile. Search, Ads, and Engineering teams are getting offers that sound optional—but the underlying message is clear: fewer chairs at the table.