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Microsoft offers buyouts to a quarter of its workforce

Original: Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce

Microsoft has offered voluntary buyout packages to employees across roughly a quarter of its workforce, according to the Seattle Times. The move affects a large share of the company's staff and comes amid broader cost-cutting across the tech industry. Readers are debating whether the offers signal a softer alternative to layoffs or a prelude to deeper job cuts at the company.

Why now: A buyout offer covering such a large share of Microsoft's staff suggests significant restructuring and raises concerns about impending layoffs.

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