Google has offered “voluntary” buyouts to more than 25,000 staffers in an effort to ensure its workforce is “deeply committed” to its goals, the company confirmed on Monday.

The Big Tech giant extended the unusual offer last week to members of its platforms and devices division, which includes teams responsible for its Android software, Chrome browser and Google Photos, as well as hardware like the Pixel, Fitbit and Nest.

Google offered a “voluntary exit program that provides US-based Googlers working on this team the ability to voluntarily leave the company with a severance package,” according to a statement first obtained by the tech blog 9 to 5 Google last Thursday.

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