The move comes at a time when Google and several other Big Tech companies are ramping up investments in AI. (File Photo)
\n\nGoogle is expanding its voluntary employee exit programme to more international markets as the technology giant looks to manage expenses while continuing to pour billions of dollars into artificial intelligence (AI). The latest move will give employees in five additional countries an option to leave the company with severance benefits. Google's parent company, Alphabet, confirmed to Reuters that it had rolled out voluntary separation packages for employees in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland. The expansion follows similar initiatives introduced across select divisions in the US and the UK over the past year.
\n\nThe move comes at a time when major technology companies are reassessing their workforce requirements and expenditure priorities amid an intensifying race to develop AI capabilities.
\n\nThe latest round of buyout offers is part of Google's broader effort to reorganise its workforce and streamline operations. The company said some teams had first introduced voluntary separation arrangements in 2025 before the programme was extended to additional international markets.
\n\n"In 2025, some of our teams introduced a voluntary exit program with severance," a Google spokesperson said in…
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