Google’s business unit is offering voluntary exit packages to some employees.
In an email sent to staff on Tuesday, Google’s chief business officer, Philipp Schindler, said employees on certain teams within the global business organization (GBO) could voluntarily leave the company with a severance package.
“We’re starting the year in a strong position thanks to everything you accomplished in 2025,” Schindler wrote in the memo, which Business Insider viewed. “But the game is dynamic, the pace is electric, and the stakes are high.”
Schindler told employees in the memo that everyone in GBO needs to be “all in” on the mission and “embracing AI to have even greater impact”.
For employees who weren’t “enjoying the pace we need to operate in” or who are “ready to move on from Google,” Schindler said the company would offer a voluntary exit program for…
