Reuters reports Google employees in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland started getting buyout offers in June. A Google spokesperson told Reuters it “expanded” the voluntary exit program it offered employees in the US last year, which didn’t include Google Cloud or DeepMind employees. [Link: Google extends voluntary buyout offers to employees in several countries | https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/google-extends-voluntary-buyout-offers-employees-several-countries-2026-11-04/ | Reuters]
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Reuters reports Google employees in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland started getting buyout offers in June. A Google spokesperson told Reuters it “expanded” the voluntary exit program it offered employees in the US last year , which didn’t include Google Cloud or DeepMind employees.
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