SUSE has offered "voluntary separation" to eligible workers as the Linux vendor reshapes its business, The Register can confirm.
The separation program follows another staffing development at SUSE's Czech operation, although there is no evidence that the two are connected.
The new union is part of the Czech ICT Union, which also organizes a group of Microsoft staff in the country.
The Reg FOSS desk is a former SUSE Prague staffer who enjoyed his time there.
Multiple sources confirmed that SUSE had approached long-serving workers, some with more than ten years at the company, about voluntary separation.
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Other changes also afoot as workers unionize and the distro itself sees changes. Workers in Prague unionized earlier this year, forming the SUSE Workers Union.
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Other changes also afoot as workers unionize and the distro itself sees changes.
SUSE has offered "voluntary separation" to eligible workers as the Linux vendor reshapes its business, The Register can confirm.
One source said People, Strategy and Transformation Executive Lisa Sherwell contacted them with the offer after an online company meeting broadcast from Singapore, during which executives joked about being past their own sell-by dates.
The separation program follows another staffing development at SUSE's Czech operation, although there is no evidence that the two are connected. Workers in Prague unionized earlier this year, forming the SUSE Workers Union. The new union is part of the Czech ICT Union, which also organizes a group of Microsoft staff in the country.
International technology companies with operations in the country include IBM and Red Hat Oracle and its subsidiary NetSuite, Amazon, and Motorola.
The Reg FOSS desk is a former SUSE Prague staffer who enjoyed his time there. Until he joined The Register full time in 2021, SUSE was the longest-serving employer of his career.
Multiple sources confirmed that SUSE had approached long-serving workers, some with more than ten years at the company, about voluntary separation.
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