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Microsoft voluntary retirement scheme: What happens if employees say no to the exit offer?Microsoft has announced a voluntary exit programme allowing approximately 60,000 employees to leave the company with support. The offer inc...
Microsoft buyouts 2026: Which teams qualify, which departments are excluded and how many MSFT employees are eligible for the voluntary exit offer?Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees across the US, UK, India and Canada. Find out which teams qualify, which...
Bill Gates warns next 20 years to be the most tumultuous in human history as Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employeesMicrosoft Layoff News: Bill Gates has warned that the next 20 years could be among the most tumultuous periods in human history as artifici...
No layoffs in 101 years: CEO of a company that has never laid off workers says businesses should cut costs elsewhere instead of firing employeesAs Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees amid heavy AI investment, the CEO of a 101-year-old syrup maker says busin...
'I am so torn on what to do': Microsoft employee returning from maternity leave offered voluntary exit, turns to internet for adviceA Microsoft employee in Canada says she was offered a voluntary exit package worth around 10 months of pay just before her maternity leave ...
Microsoft needs 'fewer people, more AI agents' to keep up with OpenAI, Anthropic, says ex-employee as 60,000 get buyout offerFormer Microsoft Entra product manager Merill Fernando says the tech giant needs fewer employees and more AI agents to keep pace with OpenA...
What is the difference between buyout and layoff? Microsoft offers buyout to 60,000 employees; check what it means for workersMicrosoft buyout offer to 60,000 workers: Microsoft has introduced a Voluntary Exit Offer (VEO) for eligible employees in India, the US, Ca...
US moves to change green card sponsorship rules as PERM proposal clears federal reviewThe US Office of Management and Budget has completed its review of a proposed rule to revise the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) progr...
Former Microsoft employee tells wife he was lucky to be fired from tech sector in 2022. What is he doing now?Former Microsoft employee Ian Yong Hoe Tan says he feels fortunate to have been retrenched in late 2022, amid growing concerns about AI-dri...
Microsoft buyouts: MSFT stock price jumps but why is tech giant offering massive 'voluntary exit' package for 60,000 employees, including VP level? Check which countries workforce impactedMicrosoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta are collectively on track to pour roughly $700 billion into AI data centers, chips and computing infra...
Research: Navigating the Business Risks of Changing Pro-America SentimentU.S. firms increasingly operate in a marketplace where “Made in USA” is no longer a neutral provenance claim but a charged political signal...
US begins approving H-1B petitions without Trump's $100,000 fee: What it means for workers, employersUS Citizenship and Immigration Services has started approving H-1B visa petitions without the $100,000 fee. This change follows federal cou...
Sebi warns investors against WhatsApp stock tips. Here's how you can avoid such trapsSEBI has cautioned investors against exclusive WhatsApp groups spreading unauthorised stock tips and fake profit claims. The regulator flag...
US weekly jobless claims near 57-year lowsEconomists say rising profits amid strong domestic demand were shielding workers from layoffs. There are, however, worries that tightening ...
Bola Sokunbi started investing during a recession in 2007; about 10 years later, her portfolio had crossed $1 millionBola Sokunbi saved $100,000 within three years of graduating and kept investing when markets fell in 2007. About a decade later, her portfo...
Will vs Trust in estate planning: How conflicting documents can derail your wealth transfer and how to avoid itThe problem often is failing to update a will and a trust regularly to avoid conflicting provisions. A common situation is one where an ind...
Netflix layoffs: 1,000 employees eliminated ahead of quarterly earnings results; biggest cut since 2022After a challenging year at Wall Street, Netflix lays off around 1,000 employees, comprising about 6% of its total workforce. The impact wi...
Zoho’s Vembu refuses to lay off people even as AI squeezes SaaS companiesThe cofounder and chief scientist of the SaaS firm said Zoho retrains people to deploy on new products or helping customers better, when AI...
‘Please pray for us,’ says Sridhar Vembu as Zoho skips pay hikes amid rising AI costsVembu said that the company has also gone 18 months without growing its employee count and is looking to avoid mass layoffs.
Zoho skips pay hikes, cites raised AI costs and geopolitical backdropIn a recent statement, Zoho's founder Sridhar Vembu announced that the company will not implement salary hikes for its employees. This deci...