alt Hacker NewsThe mass buyout offer to 25% of Microsoft's workforce comes less than a week after Microsoft President Brad Smith proclaimed to employees: 'We stand by our people. We always have. We always will.' in a video he posted to LinkedIn.
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Pragmata • today at 6:12 PM
That's what the money is for.
SeanAnderson • today at 7:05 PM
Do you feel that statement is in conflict with this action?
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To be fair, such "voluntary exits" with a generous severance package are well above the practices of most US companies, where great numbers of employees are fired without warnings and with little compensation.
So there is some truth in the claims of the MS President.