Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
A Microsoft engineer in Hyderabad has gone viral after revealing he was offered Rs 11 lakh under the company’s voluntary exit programme and asking Reddit users whether he should accept the payout or stay.
In a post on Reddit’s r/hyderabad community, the engineer said Microsoft had announced its Voluntary Exit Offer (VEO) programme on Monday. The programme applies to select teams in India, the US, the UK and Canada. The company added that participating teams were selected based on business needs and customer commitments.
A 23-year-old software engineer at Microsoft in Hyderabad has sparked a debate online after asking whether he should accept Rs 11 lakh to leave the company. He was offered three months’ salary, amounting to roughly Rs 11 lakh, to resign voluntarily, according to the post. Microsoft announced the VEO scheme on October 26 for eligible employees at Level 70 and below. Reports suggest that around 60,000 employees worldwide could be eligible, representing more than a quarter of the company’s workforce.
Microsoft has said the offer is voluntary and includes financial support as well as career-planning assistance.
