Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel and Android were merged into one division, and Google today announced a “voluntary exit program.”
Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel and Android were merged into one division, and Google today announced a “voluntary exit program.”
The difference here is that leaving would come with a severance package. Offering the same kind of severance package that a company would normally give during layoffs, but allowing people to selectively take it seems like a very reasonable way to handle reducing payroll.
I imagine that, if not enough people take the offer, they might then have layoffs so this seems like a pretty humane and nice way to handle a tough situation.