Google offers voluntary buyouts to Android and Pixel team

Google offers ‘voluntary exit’ to all US platforms and devices employees
Google started off 2024 with some layoffs. It hasn’t taken similar steps (yet) in 2025, but employees are fearing the worst. And if the Platforms and Devices team is anything to go by, there’s ample reason for concern.
Google offers ‘voluntary' buyouts to hardware and platform teams
Google is offering buyouts to employees in its "Platforms and Devices" unit ahead of expected cuts. There are more than 25,000 full-time employees working on the company's unit, which includes Android,
Google offers voluntary buyouts to the Android and Pixel team
Google SVP of Devices and Services Rick Osterloh sent a memo to members of Google's Platform & Devices team offering voluntary buyouts, 9to5Google reported. Employees who choose t
Google offers voluntary buyouts to workers developing Android software, Pixel phones
Google is offering voluntary buyouts for some of its workers in their platforms and devices teams. A spokesperson for the tech giant confirmed the plans in an email to KVUE, saying: "The Platforms & Devices team is offering a voluntary exit program that provides US-based Googlers working on this team the ability to voluntarily leave the company with a severance package.
Google Offers Voluntary Exit Program to Employees Working on Android and Pixel
This isn't as serious as it sounds, but Google this week offered a voluntary exit program to those on its Platforms & Devices team.
Google invites employees from Pixel and Android teams to 'voluntarily' quit
Google has announced a new voluntary exit program for U.S. employees that come under the Platform and Devices group. The teams behind Pixels and Android now have the option to voluntarily quit their roles,
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