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Tuesday's goodbyes and hellos: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees (Redmond, Washington); Sealy Mattress Manufacturing plans to close its plant in Trinity, North Carolina (114); Anchor Glass Container permanently closes its Warner Robins, Georgia plant (168); Ask Foods closes its plant in Palmyra, Pennsylvania (96); EyePoint plans layoffs in Watertown, Massachusetts (105, about half its staff); and ConocoPhillips reduces its Canadian workforce in Calgary, Alberta (count not disclosed).

Veronika turns every one into a lead: a free Seattle technology job fair this Thursday and remote roles at PlanetScale, Coinbase, Fivetran, Datadog and Reddit; 300 new Environmental Air Systems jobs in Asheboro; hundreds of civilian jobs at Robins Air Force Base, plus 220+ Mitsubishi Power jobs near Savannah; Hersheypark hiring; a $33 to $43 an hour gene therapy manufacturing technician role at Genezen in Lexington; and Alberta Health Services, ATCO, Walmart and McDonald's openings in Calgary. Bonus relocation lead: Carrier plans about 1,500 jobs at a new $600 million+ manufacturing and engineering center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Got a buyout offer? Two things to do. Skills that pay: the ServSafe Food Handler certificate, about $15 online.

Postings change fast; check each careers page. This is information, not career, legal or financial advice.

Sources:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/microsoft-msft-voluntary-buyouts.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2026/10/26/sealy-trinity-nc-layoffs-somnigroup-manufacturing.html

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/anchor-glass-permanent-closure-warner-robins-georgia/828221/

https://www.pennlive.com/business/2026/10/significant-decline-in-customer-demand-central-pa-plant-to-close.html

https://www.boston.com/news/business/2026/10/26/two-mass-biotech-companies-plan-to-cut-about-half-their-workers/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/conocophillips-confirms-layoffs-coming-tuesday-in-alberta/

https://jobfairx.com/job-fairs/washington/seattle/next-technology

https://www.rcedc.com/article/300-new-jobs-coming-to-asheboro

https://fortworthreport.org/2026/10/23/hvac-giant-carrier-planning-600m-advanced-manufacturing-plant-for-fort-worth/