Google offering ‘voluntary exit’ for employees working on Pixel, Android
Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel and Android were merged into one division, and Google today announced a “voluntary exit program.”
Aka: we want to fire a bunch of you but don't want to look like we're just being dicks again. Please quit so we can safe face, again...of you don't, we will fire you. - google
Layoffs by profitable firms are horrible, but I'd rather see it done by giving agency over the decisions first to the workers affected by them, than to people so far removed from the work that they make essentially random decisions.
Or maybe they're trying to streamline their team. Sucks to have people lose their jobs but this is standard in the business world. At least they're giving them an option.
Standard, but only because of mismanagement and greed.
