Office could be decimated with around 800 offers reportedly made
Microsoft is said to have offered up to 800 China-based employees the chance to relocate to the US, Australia, New Zealand, or Ireland., which claims the offer stands until early June, adding that it was extended primarily to Chinese employees with experience in machine learning and the cloud.
Relocating 700 to 800 of its China employees to the West would represent a substantial chunk of its Asia-Pacific R&D Group, comprised of 7,000 workers mostly based in China."As part of this process, we shared an optional internal transfer opportunity with a subset of employees. We remain committed to the region and will continue to operate in this and other markets where we have a presence.
Microsoft itself has been caught up in the rising tensions before, with members of Congress previously criticizing the Redmond-based tech firm forto placate the national government. Virginia Senator Mark Warner even suggested Microsoft should pull the plug on the Chinese version of Bing.
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