Google offers buyouts to cut headcount as AI spending surges

Google has started offering buyouts to employees across multiple teams including knowledge and information, central engineering, marketing, research and communications. The buyouts, part of efforts to trim headcount after cutting 12,000 jobs in 2023, come as Google ramps up AI infrastructure spending.

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Employees have been given the option to voluntarily exit with severance, a preferred strategy as the company shifts resources. Meanwhile, Google demands many remote workers return to the office or risk losing their jobs. Watch for continued changes as Google reorganizes for its AI push.