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Depends on who they're talking to.

For press release or to investors, the percent is the number that matters.

To the internal communication to the employee losing their jobs or those that have to keep the torch going, the number is usually better.

With that said, seems like it's part of a larger downsizing plan: "That number has been guesstimated at around ten percent of the workforce – about 12,500 people – as part of an effort to get the overall workforce from 120,000 to below 100,000."