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There's a more obvious demographic that they'd be cutting. The US government / Trump administration is blocking things like international visas etc, and demanding that people who work on gov contracts be US citizens -- and they've specifically targeted / highlighted Microsoft as a 'problem' on that front. Microsoft hasn't disclosed which regions these 'buyouts' are impacting.
My guess would be that its largely in places like India, the EU and Canada. Especially as the more US gov control is excerpted, the more data sovereignty pushes get attention, the less business MS projects outside the US.
They literally did name regions, USA, UK, CAnada and India
Sorry, guess I should've been more specific -- they don't say how many in each region, do they? Like I heard that Canada's govt might be inquiring with them, as there are some regulations around mass layoffs etc that may need double checking. Plus Canada's sensitive to any reports of US companies potentially letting go mass amounts of Canadian employees, as a result of the auto/steel industry shit and tariff stuff. So the media here was commenting on how its not yet clear how many of the losses/packages are in which country.