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Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by Rotdhizon on Monday October 26, 2026 @03:09PM (#50249331)
I spend a decent amount of time talking to newcomers and people on Reddit that are interested in cybersecurity/tech about the job market. There's no shortage of people who are frustrated because they can't find jobs. Fresh tech and cyber graduates are basically unemployable. People with 1-5 years experience find it extremely difficult to find work.

Layoffs like this are a huge reason for that. Talent pools are overlapping like never before. A person with 5 years of solid experience applying for tons of jobs and getting nowhere, only to realize they are competing with people with 10-15 years of experience freshly laid off from big companies. At that point, early career people are getting pushed almost completely out of the industry.

Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by nxm on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @06:22AM (#50256942)
Well too many were hired back in 2021-2023 when the government was printing money left and right... could still be correcting here, but since it's Microsoft, they were able to hand on longer.
Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by menaerus on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @04:53PM (#50265645)
Where all of this people have come from? Fresh from University? Other jobs? Out of nowhere?