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Hands up if you want to volunteer for layoffs, IBM tells staff(www.theregister.com)

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CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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This is called a VRIF, Voluntary Reduction in Force, and usually comes with a sizable severance. Lots of people close to retirement at my last job took the offer because it was worth it.

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That’s what I was looking for in the article but nothing is mentioned.

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