Pain points

Meta cuts 8,000 (10%); Microsoft offers first buyouts

On April 23, Meta announced 8,000 layoffs and 6,000 hiring freezes. Microsoft, in a first, offered voluntary departure packages to as many as 8,750 U.S. staff.

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