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Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 7% of Workforce (wsj.com)
15 points by ripvanwinkle 58 days ago
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forgetme2020 58 days ago
This is going to help clear the deadwood. There just aren't many leaders who have the skills to build and launch great products. Most have just failed upwards playing the game of internal politics
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bigfatkitten 58 days ago
The thing about voluntary redundancies is that they tend to be taken by the people with the best outside prospects. Only the deadwood remains.
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nharada 58 days ago
In an era of 20% layoffs and entire orgs getting culled, this seems very reasonable
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