Google offers buyouts to staff in its business unit who aren’t ‘all in’

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 certain roles within GBO in the US. This includes employees working on solutions teams, sales, corporate development, and others.

Schindler said America’s large customer sales teams and other customer-facing roles would not be eligible for the programs.

“While all GBO functions are essential to our long-term strategy, we’ve decided not to offer VEP for these particular roles to limit as much disruption to our customers as possible,” he wrote.

Google has made similar offers to employees in other orgs over the past year. Last June, Google offered buyouts to some US-based employees as it cracked down on its return-to-office mandate. In October, it offered buyouts to YouTube employees as part of a reorganization.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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