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  "id": 16749856,
  "title": "Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, a quarter of the company",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/microsoft-is-offering-voluntary-buyouts-to-about-60-000-employees-a",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-27T13:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
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    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114347-microsoft-offering-voluntary-buyouts-about-60000-employees-quarter.html"
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  "summary": "Microsoft recently announced a new voluntary exit offer for employees at level 70 and below in certain countries. Sources told CNBC that this group includes about 60,000 workers, a substantial increase in scope compared with the buyout offers that began in April. Read Entire Article",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees. Read the memo.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-read-the-memo",
        "published": "2026-10-26T15:30:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees in latest cost push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-in-latest",
        "published": "2026-10-26T17:20:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Microsoft to reportedly offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in latest cuts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-to-reportedly-offer-buyouts-to-60-000-employees-in-latest",
        "published": "2026-10-26T18:44:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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