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    "zh": "微软向约四分之一员工提供大规模买断",
    "en": "Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce"
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    "en": "Microsoft is offering voluntary severance to about 60,000 employees (~27%) across parts of the US, Canada, UK and India, including Copilot and AI experiences teams but excluding some datacenter, sales and marketing roles; it is the company's second such program this year, with employees deciding by early December and leaving by year-end."
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      "title_zh": "微软向约四分之一员工提供大规模买断",
      "title_en": "Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce",
      "what_changed_zh": "微软向约四分之一员工提供大规模买断，涉及约 6 万名员工，而就在几天前其总裁公开表示公司支持自己的员工。",
      "what_changed_en": "Microsoft offered mass buyouts to roughly a quarter of its workforce, amounting to about 60,000 employees, just days after its president publicly said the company stands by its people.",
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      "title_en": "微软向6万员工开放自愿离职，Copilot在列、部分数据中心岗位除外",
      "what_changed_zh": "自愿离职覆盖美国、加拿大、英国和印度部分部门约6万名员工（约27%），包括Copilot和AI体验团队，排除部分数据中心及销售营销岗位；这是微软今年第二次自愿离职方案，员工需在12月初前决定、年底离职。",
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