Google Tightens Hybrid Work Rules Jobs at Risk for Remote Employees Return to Office or take exit package

Five years after the Covid epidemic, now Google is now focusing on the employees who are still working completely today. According to some media reports, the company has asked such employees that if they do not follow the hybrid work schedule (coming to office at least 3 days), their jobs may be affected.

NBC News Key UnderMany Google departments have started sending notices to their remote staff. Some of these people were already approved for remote work. Now they have been told that they start working in the nearest office, otherwise they have to adopt the option to take a voluntary exit package (VEP).

The report states that Google says that it is not a company-wide policy, but is the decision taken at the team-level. However, employees who live within a radius of 50 miles need to adopt hybrid mode. HR department staff will have to return to office by mid -April, otherwise their role can be finished. Employees who live out of 50 miles and are already remote approvals can live in old mode, but if they apply for a new role within the company, they will also have to adopt hybrid work.

Reports also said that some teams have also been offered Relocation Allowance, so that they can come close to the office.

In the beginning of 2025, Google started offering a voluntey byout the US-based full-time staff. A major reason behind this is being believed to be huge investment in AI, for which the company is cutting its operational expenses. After large -scale levels in 2023, Google has also done targeted cuts in several teams.

The company’s co-founder Sergey Brin said in an internal memo in February that AI workers should stay in the office 60 hours a week, because “Now we have to turbocharge in the AI ​​race.”