Staffers in Search and other parts of Google can chose to participate in a “voluntary exit program.” Google is starting to offer buyouts to US-based employees in its sprawling Search organization, along with other divisions like marketing, research, and core engineering, according to multiple employees familiar with the matter.

Business Insider has obtained an internal memo sent to Google employees about an extended return-to-office mandate and voluntary buyout program.

Google is offering buyouts to certain employees in the United States and requiring more workers to return to offices as it continues to shift toward AI.  The “voluntary exit program,” as Google calls it,