Why “Voluntary” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60k employees
by smsm42 · Oct 27, 2026 · 2 points
Other than the other points made, 16-17, 70+, and illiterate are granted voluntary suffrage. Some of the activation came from convincing those people to show up and cast a ballot.
by chem83 · Oct 27, 2026
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), the full text of which is included belo…
by LeoWattenberg · Oct 26, 2026
At a former employer, a voluntary buyout resulted in many of the best people leaving. Better people are more likely to find new work elsewhere and also they are better at recogn…
by s1mon · Oct 26, 2026
One important distinction was that the previous one was voluntary retirement and was offered to people nearing the ends of their careers. The people taking these offers were lik…
by munchbunny · Oct 26, 2026
my thoughts: - bullshit jobs is a thing and many of these positions were make work anyways - yes philosophically and economically, who will buy X product if all employees are la…
by 650 · Oct 26, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "voluntary" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "voluntary" over time.
Voluntary may refer to:Voluntary (music) Voluntary or volunteer, person participating via volunteering/volunteerism Voluntary muscle contraction Read more on Wikipedia