A Googler laid off after 15 years said she sees it as a chance to break out of the company's 'golden handcuffs'

• A program manager laid-off by Google said the firm's pay and perks made it hard to leave.
• Jennifer Vaden Barth told Insider she'd been playing it "extremely safe" at the company.
• She described finding it hard to take off Google's "golden handcuffs."

A Google manager laid off after almost 15 years at the company said she sees being let go by the tech giant as an opportunity because she was being held back and had started "playing things extremely safe."