Earlier this year, some of our teams introduced a voluntary exit program with severance for U.S.-based Googlers, and several more are now offering the program to support our important work ahead.
The return to office mandate was another effective lever to get people to quit since they limited the offices people could return to a small number of key cities, whereas much of GSA was purposefully hired remote.
"We lost the whole suite of support," a Forest Service fire management officer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution from their employer, told High Country News.