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  "path": "/2026/04/26/john-ternus-reinvigorate-apple-engineering-early-retirement/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T07:28:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://9to5mac.com",
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  "textContent": "Microsoft recently announced something rather interesting – a voluntary employee buyout. In short, if your age and tenure at the company add up to 70 or greater, you’re able to voluntarily leave the company, retire early, and receive a (likely) hefty payout.\n\nIt’s a less hostile form of layoffs, and while I don’t think Apple would implement it for the same reasons as Microsoft, I think it could serve a unique purpose for transforming the company.\n\nmore…",
  "title": "John Ternus could borrow from Microsoft’s playbook to reinvigorate Apple"
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