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Microsoft’s Generous Layoff Package | Durham News
Microsoft just announced sweeping layoffs affecting nearly 4,800 employees, mostly from Xbox and commercial sales teams — and while the cuts are framed as necessary adaptation to AI-driven change, they’re the third major round in under two years. The company’s severance package is unusually generous: U.S. employees stay on payroll for 60 days post-notification, plus extra base pay (one week per six months worked, up to 39 weeks for senior staff), active stock vesting for 6–12 months, and six months of health insurance (extendable via COBRA). But beneath the financial cushion lies real human…
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