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Google offering ‘voluntary exit’ for employees working on Pixel, Android (9to5google.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/technology@lemmy.zip
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Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel and Android were merged into one division, and Google today announced a “voluntary exit program.”

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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So, unless you're enslaved, every job has a "voluntary exit". It's called "quitting". What Zuck and his people are trying to do is downsize without the bad press that comes from.... uh, firing people. I mean "downsizing"...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    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.

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    • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    This is a pretty nice way of handling the situation really.

    When you merge two groups like this there is redundancy created in mostly management roles, and they’re offering a severance package to anyone who wants to take it.

    The alternative is just firing people who are now redundant. This is way nicer.

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