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Microsoft’s first-ever voluntary retirement offer for 8,500-plus US employees: Here’s what’s in buyout package

FILE Picture (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) Microsoft has finally put numbers on its voluntary retirement program, and the package combines healthcare coverage, cash severance, and a partial stock vesting bump for long-serving US employees who decide to walk away. The terms were meant to go live for staff on Wednesday, but according to The Verge,…

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Explained: What is the Voluntary Retirement Programme that Microsoft is offering to its 8500-plus employees

Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to roughly 7% of its US workforce—about 8,750 people out of 125,000 American employees. It’s the first time in the company’s 51-year history it has done anything like this. In previous years, when Microsoft needed to cut costs, it reached for layoffs: more than 15,000 jobs went last summer alone….

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Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary buyout for 8000-plus employees in America; tells them in memo: Our hope is that …

FILE Picture (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File) Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the company’s 51-year history. According to a memo, Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to thousands of its employees in the US. Microsoft has never previously done buyouts of this scale. As per the report, about 7% of Microsoft’s workforce in…

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India’s voluntary carbon market gains ground as net-zero goals drive ecosystem buildup

NEW DELHI: With Climate action gaining momentum as part of India’s net-zero commitment by 2070, the country’s carbon market is beginning to take shape and gain momentum. Homegrown institutions such as the Carbon Registry of India (CRI) are emerging as important enablers for the voluntary carbon market offering platforms to register and track carbon projects,…

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Google to employees: You can go for our Voluntary Exit plan, if you are not enjoying …

Google has reportedly announced a new round of voluntary exit packages – this time for employees within its global business organisation (GBO). The latest plan signals a push for staff to fully commit to its AI-driven future. Google’s chief business officer, Philipp Schindler, told staff in an internal memo that while the company finished 2025…

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Exclusive – Bigg Boss 19’s Awez Darbar reacts to rumours of paying Rs 2 crore penalty to make a voluntary exit; says ‘Staying in BB is like earning crores, why would I walk out?’

Bigg Boss 19 contestant Awez Darbar, who was recently evicted from the much-talked-about reality show, spoke to Times of India TV for a candid chat. In the interaction, the social media influencer addressed the buzz around him allegedly paying a Rs 2 crore penalty and voluntarily walking out to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who was speculated…

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Dharmasthala case: Complainant Chinnaiah records voluntary statement; ‘admits to making false claims’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The voluntary statement of CN Chinnaiah, the complainant in the Dharmasthala mass burial case, was recorded on Saturday evening by the Additional Civil Judge and Judicial First Class Magistrate in Belthangady, officials said on Sunday.The statement was taken under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), PTI reported, citing police sources….

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Karnataka caste survey: HC declines to interfere; asks to make participation voluntary | India News

NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court on Thursday declined to stay the socio-educational survey, popularly known as a caste survey, in the state. The court, however, asked the authorities to issue a notification that participation is voluntary and not to disclose any data obtained from participants.The survey – which will record the social, economic, educational,…

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