At Microsoft, "Buyouts" or "Global Voluntary Separation Agreement" (GVSA) Not Much Different From Layoffs (Severance Shockingly Low)
September: PIP/GVSA at Microsoft: Mass Layoffs Disguised as Something Else
Hours ago:
4 days ago: Microsoft Will Pay $11,742 USD for Workers to Leave
From what we are able to gather, many people are leaving Microsoft 'voluntarily' (they know or feel like they'd get sacked if they didn't; if they don't "take the offer", they'll be seen as "rebels") and (dis)services go down, maybe in correlation with that. 3 hours ago somebody wrote (maybe an insider):
Microsoft cut so deep they may have hit their own jugular
Apparently, Microsoft has found a new way to optimize operational efficiency: cut costs, reduce headcount, and let Outlook take an unscheduled vacation.
Who needs a functioning email infrastructure when you have AI, right?
Jokes aside, if cost-cutting and workforce reductions have compromised the engineering, maintenance, and reliability teams responsible for keeping critical services running, perhaps Microsoft should reconsider what "efficiency" actually means.
You can cut headcount, but you probably shouldn't cut into your own lifeline.
Congratulations, Microsoft. Less workforce, less Outlook.
Another one, 4 hours ago:
Microsoft 365 is garbage.Microsoft 365 hit by multi-region connectivity issues amid elevated infrastructure load Microsoft says 'unexpectedly unavailable' servers strained remaining infrastructure, triggering outages
Welcome to the next NVIDIA-type death loop?
When the mainstream media uses the same propaganda term as Microsoft ("buyout") to make it seem like expulsion is a gift or a parachute we need to turn to leaked information about what staff actually receives. It's not much different or better than layoffs. Unless people in their 40s only live for a few months longer, they cannot retire. █