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Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce

Citing a memo obtained by Business Insider, the offer covers employees in the US, Canada, India and the UK, who would leave at the end of the year on terms like standard severance. Some posters stress these aren't layoffs and read it as Microsoft free...

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Citing a memo obtained by Business Insider, the offer covers employees in the US, Canada, India and the UK, who would leave at the end of the year on terms like standard severance. Some posters stress these aren't layoffs and read it as Microsoft free...

Citing a memo obtained by Business Insider, the offer covers employees in the US, Canada, India and the UK, who would leave at the end of the year on terms like standard severance. Some posters stress these aren't layoffs and read it as Microsoft freeing money for an AI business whose Azure demand still exceeds...

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Recognizable Entity Score 73 Practical Impact Score 38 Novelty Interest Score 70 Consequence Score 26 Curiosity Score 0 Shareability Score 64

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