Google has opened the door to its employees so that whoever is not motivated to go voluntarily: Zuckerberg rubs his hands

Google used to be the place where all software engineers They dreamed of working. However, in recent years that dream It has vanished. The company, known for its conciliatory culture, now surprises with a strategy that invites some workers to leave the company voluntarily To save costs in dismissal, according to an internal email published by The Verge.

New voluntary output strategy. As you can read in the memorandum to which you have had access The VergeGoogle is offering a voluntary exit to the employees of its “Knowledge and Information” department (K & I, for its acronym in English), the area that includes those responsible for the search tool, engineering, marketing, research and communications.

This document signed by Nick Fox, current responsible of the department, raises the possibility that, those who want to leave the company voluntarilythey can do it with economic incentives, in what is known as the “Voluntary Exit Program” (VEP), a pilot program of voluntary exits that Google put to the test in some departments after the dismissal of 12,000 employees in 2023.

Google is only for motivated. In Your statement, Nick Fox, it has been very clear: “If you are excited about your work, full of energy because of the opportunity that you present to you and you yield well, I really hope (really!) That you do not accept this. We have ambitious plans and much to do.”

At the same time, Google offers “an exit path with support for those who do not feel aligned with our strategy, do not feel vitalized for their work, or are having difficulty fulfilling the expectations of their role within the company.” Said otherwise, The door has taught them.

Welcome to the offices. Since 2022, Google has carried out different rounds of layoffs massive, and has progressively hardening the flexibility to telework through pressures in employee assessments.

The filtered document does not let the occasion escape and also remember that employees living less than 80 kilometers from a work center must go to the office three days a week to the office, and encouraging to move closer to them to Those who live further.

Template reaction. The reaction of the workforce to the new “non-descent” policy It has not been waiting. When associated with a hardening of teleworking policy for that department, many see in it an undercover dismissal that seeks to save dismissal costs.

The discomfort has been fed because, while the dismissals and founders were happening demanded 12 -hour daysPichai sundar The salary climbed And the company announced Milmillonarios benefits.

Risk leakage risk. Google is running a very high risk that, when opening the door to their employees, the best qualified decide to take the floor and lose their best talent in this operation of Costs.

The announcement, in addition, occurs in a delicate moment. Companies as a goal are willing to Offer millionaire figures To capture that talent, especially in areas such as artificial intelligence, so this movement could have unexpected consequences for the competitiveness of the company.

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Google has opened the door to its employees so that whoever is not motivated to go voluntarily: Zuckerberg rubs his hands

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