According to the news portal's report, the exits are set to affect certain roles within the GBO teams in the United States, people working on solutions teams, sales, corporate development, and others. Google has also made similar offers before to its employees over the last one year, offering to buy out some US-based employees amid the company's crackdown on its new return-to-office mandate. Google fired 100 employees? According to a CNBC report from October 2025, Google reportedly laid off 100 employees working in design-related roles as part of the company's wider move towards an artificial intelligence (AI) goal. Citing internal documents, the news portal reported that the layoffs affected employees working in “quantitative user experience research” and “platform and service experience” teams, and the employees were notified via email.

Source: Mint February 11, 2026 20:35 UTC