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Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees
Original: Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyout packages to roughly 60,000 employees, about a quarter of its workforce, according to an Ars Technica report. The offer, flagged on the link-sharing site Hacker News, would let staff across the company leave with severance rather than face possible involuntary cuts. Commenters are weighing in on what the move signals about Microsoft's headcount plans.
Why now: A buyout offer covering such a large share of one of the world's biggest employers raises immediate questions about coming layoffs and restructuring.
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- Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce · tambourine_man · 22
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