Soft-launching layoffs?
Those not fully vibing with the new combined division can take a severance and peace out.
Interestingly, the voluntary exits are not tied to specific product roadmap changes.
Google has recently seen its Pixel smartphone sales reach new highs.
Analysts from Counterpoint Researchreportedrecord volumes for the lineup in Q3 2024.
Sadly, good performance doesn’t necessarily relieve an industry-wide trend to trim costs and streamline operations.
Google’s hardware division has also been no stranger to restructuring and layoffs.
In January 2024, the Pixel/Nest/Fitbit teams underwent an organizational overhaul, moving to a unified hardware engineering structure.
Google eliminated a few hundred roles in that sweep.
Of course, any significant brain drain from the exodus could create some short-term disruptions.
