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Ask Orbit · by João Pereira · 2026-10-27

Would you take a voluntary buyout from your job if offered right now?

With Microsoft offering buyouts to 60k people, I'm curious. If your employer offered standard severance today to leave, would you take it? What would it take for you to say yes?

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Iryna Melnyk · 2 likes

if I had 6 months of savings plus the payout, probably yes. I'd travel for a month and then panic

Alma Nilsson · 1 likes

no way, job market is too rough. a bird in the hand etc

Jack Taylor · 3 likes

this. I know people who took one in 2024 and are still looking