Wow, people are taking a press release at face value. Not just any press release (all are PR garbage) but one from Google, a master at corporate doublespeak.
This is an ouster at worst, a forced resignation at best.
Were I to guess, the politics-at-work thing as gotten out of hand. Larry and Sergey built the company in their image, in that specific way. One can easily imagine them bristling at the notion of having to take away employee freedoms.
Because they are not willing to do what needs to be done to quell the uprising, rather than see their company spiral down to darkness, they are stepping aside so that others may do what needs to be done.
This is an ouster at worst, a forced resignation at best.
Were I to guess, the politics-at-work thing as gotten out of hand. Larry and Sergey built the company in their image, in that specific way. One can easily imagine them bristling at the notion of having to take away employee freedoms.
Because they are not willing to do what needs to be done to quell the uprising, rather than see their company spiral down to darkness, they are stepping aside so that others may do what needs to be done.