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Microsoft announces the first voluntary retirement program in its 50-year history, for US staffers whose combined years of service added to their age totals 70+ (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces the first voluntary retirement program in its 50-year history, for US staffers whose combined years of service added to their age totals 70+ — Microsoft is also changing its rewards program to recognize ‘high performance.’ — Microsoft is changing up its annual rewards …
Dave the Diver developer explains what's new in the In the Jungle DLC
The expansion adds an estimated 10-hour story with new sea creatures, a different restaurant, a puppy to play Duck Hunt with, and more digital cards.
Sources: Thoma Bravo prepares to hand over customer experience management company Medallia to creditors, leading to a ~$5.1B wipeout for Medallia's investors (Reuters)
Reuters:
Sources: Thoma Bravo prepares to hand over customer experience management company Medallia to creditors, leading to a ~$5.1B wipeout for Medallia's investors — Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is nearing an agreement to hand over software firm Medallia to its lenders, wrapping up months …
25 years later, is it time for a new iPod?
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the original iPod. With its monochrome display, mechanical scroll wheel, and 5 GB hard drive, Apple's pioneering music player now looks like the […]
Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to long-serving employees
Microsoft is changing up its annual rewards and performance programs today, and offering long-serving employees in the US the ability to voluntarily retire. It's the first time in Microsoft's more than 50-year history that the company has offered such a voluntary retirement program. "Many of these employees have spent years, and in some cases, decades, […]