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Hands up if you want to volunteer for layoffs, IBM tells staff (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The picture is bullshit, most people taking voluntary severance would be giving each other high-five’s and pumping the air.

[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Except if the severance package is BS and they don’t find enough volunteers (but hey! They tried!) and people get volunteered