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nisegami | on: Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
Is there any reason not to take the buyout?
paxy | parent | next
The fact that you will be jobless in this economy.
Grombobulous | parent | next
I can’t think of many companies that would be better to work for than Microsoft in terms of compensation.
eschneider | parent | next
In this sort of situation, always take the first offer. Subsequent offers are always worse.
pipes | root | parent | next
Yes, but you don't know if you'll be laid off. The subsequent offer may well be "you get to keep your job".
swiftcoder | root | parent
if you are one of the ones who is valued enough to keep their job, you are strong enough to go get hired at another FAANG. Do you actually still want to be there after the bloodbath that the follow-up round of layoffs causes?
SoftTalker | root | parent
Do you expect other FAANG to not have bloodbaths of their own?
swiftcoder | root | parent
when you start somewhere after their bloodbath, you don't have to deal with all the crap you would if you stay through a bloodbath (i.e. you aren't on the hook for all the legacy shit your team owned before it had a haircut)
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ipaddr | parent | next
It's 9 months. They probably won't do layoffs again for 6 months and you will get a package then for more than 3 months. Makes sense to hang on.
triceratops | root | parent
If you choose to hang on you have to work for 6 months.
Havoc | parent | next
Traditional if you know you’re a shitty employee that can’t find a new job you stay.

Voluntary packages tend to be accepted by the strongest employees

It’s a shitty deal for companies but shareholders love cost cutting

rayiner | root | parent
Yeah, this is the dumbest thing you can do. It's a message to the strongest people to leave on their own terms.
0gs | parent
if you prefer being fired!