Google’s Senior Vice President of the hardware, Rick Osterloh, speaks while launching events in San Francisco, October 4, 2017.
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Google It offers a purchase of employees in their “Platform and Devices” unit before the expected cuts.
This unit includes more than 25,000 full -time employees working on Android, Chrome, Chromeos, Google Photos, Google One, Pixel, Fitbit and Nest, according to the internal documents reviewed by CNBC. Voluntary output enrollment refers to full-time employees in the US, it is unclear how full-time workers are with headquarters in the US
“This gives an acceptable P&D Google in my organ for direct reporting the possibility of voluntarily abandoning a shipping company,” wrote Rick Osterloh, an older Vice President of the Platform and a device, in a Memorandum for employees on Thursday, which was reviewed by CNBC.
Redemption is a signal of expected cuts within Google as it continues to priority with artificial intelligence. In October he said the new CFO Anat Ashkenazi one of her Main priorities There would be more cost to start because Google expands consumption on AI Infrastructure 2025.
“Each organization can always push a little further and I will watch additional options,” she said, referring to the reduction of costs.
Google spokesman confirmed the CNBC buying program, saying that it was coming after the company combined its Android and Pixel divisions last April.
“There is a huge momentum in this team with such an important work, we want everyone deeply surrendered to our mission and focused on the construction of great products, speed and efficiency,” a spokesman said in a statement.
“Voluntary Exodus Plan” can be suitable for employees who are struggling to fulfill their job demands, a hybrid working environment of a unit or whose passions do not align with a mission and the goal of the division, Osterloh said. The program is a “next step” for the unit because it aims to “act with greater efficiency and speed,” Osterloh added.
Employees have by February 20 to enroll in the output program. Those who volunteer will reveal whether they were accepted on March 25, states a memorandum.
‘To offer the buyers first is what we were looking for’
Some employees praised Google’s decision to offer buyers, not immediately release employees, according to the internal posts inspected by CNBC.
“P&D -mail transmits release, which is shit, but first to offer the buyout is what we have asked for, it is right, and Rick deserves a lot of merit for delivery,” said an employee in an internal post who received hundreds of upwoles.
Employees were this week a circle An internal petition entitled “Safety of Business” on the eve of expected cost reductions, CNBC reported on Tuesday. One of their requests was to offer a company voluntary buying before release.
Last week Google said it would be acquisition Some of the engineering team from the HTC VIVE, one of the best producers of the virtual reality headset to “accelerate the development of Android XR platform through headphones and ecosystems of glasses”.
In August, Google announced New AI features for Android devices and directly installed them into their domestic pixel devices, the move that put its AI in front of the consumer before Apple Could introduce your Apple Intelligence AI package of iPhone users.
Although the platforms and the device are not a manufacturer of money that is Google’s job searching business, the division’s revenue has increased to $ 10.66 billion in the third quarter, which is almost 28% compared to $ 8.34 billion before. Google reported Total revenue of $ 88.27 billion in that quarter.
Google, like other technological companies, faces potential risk Growing hardware costs If President Donald Trump’s covering tariffs enter into force. Trump It is expected to discover more details in the coming days about which concrete tariffs will be put on imports from China, Canada and Mexico.
In January 2024. Google released Some employees from his hardware and central engineering teams, as well as workers in Google Assistat, a software product that is activated by voice.
Tech News Outlet 9to5Google First reported Some of the details of the voluntary exit program.
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