Google DeepMind uses aggressive 12-month noncompetes and paid garden leave in AI talent war
NandoDF · x · 2026-10-10
Business Insider reports some Google DeepMind UK staff face noncompetes barring them from joining competitors for up to 12 months, with six-month clauses common even among individual contributors on Gemini. Some are put on paid garden leave — still paid by DeepMind but not working — as aggressive retention tools heat up the AI talent war.
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