The Googlers for Job Security campaign was launched over a year ago in response to the rounds of mass layoffs at Google. As workers, we saw these decisions lead to feelings of instability, the loss of institutional knowledge, and the degradation of the special culture that's been cultivated here. It's especially hard to see this happen while the company remains so profitable and innovative.

As members of the Alphabet Workers Union, we know that this is what happens when workers don't have a seat at the table. We are building an organization that can protect Googlers and keep the democratic, bottom-up culture of Google alive.

Since our union forums in late 2024, over 3,600 Googlers have signed our petition, and over a thousand have joined our t-shirt days of visibility, mass email actions, and our latest action, in which we gathered hundreds of photos of Googlers showing reasons why we are fighting for job security together.

‍And it's working. Voluntary exit packages (VEPs) have now been offered to over 70,000 Googlers, with the latest round offered as recently as February 10, 2026. No other large tech company has adopted this program, and Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has said it was implemented after listening to employees: "It gives people agency".

We are ready to continue fighting for VEPs to be expanded companywide, and for our three other demands for guaranteed severance, no GRAD quotas, and severance as leave to be implemented.

The only way we can win these demands and more is by taking action together. Let's build a Google that works for all of us.

In solidarity,
Alphabet Workers Union