Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 7% of Workforce

rripvanwinkle about 6 hours ago 3 commentsRead Article on wsj.com

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forgetme2020•about 6 hours 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

bigfatkitten•about 3 hours 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.

nharada•about 6 hours ago

In an era of 20% layoffs and entire orgs getting culled, this seems very reasonable