Microsoft offers buyouts to up to 60,000 employees
The voluntary exit offer comes months after a 4,800-person layoff.
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60,000
employees eligible for voluntary buyouts
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60,000employees eligible for voluntary buyouts
The short version
- Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across the US, UK, Canada, and India.
- Chief people officer Amy Coleman wrote that the offer gives staff "the opportunity to leave Microsoft with financial support and career planning resources."
- Sources say staff in AI experiences, Copilot, CoreAI, Windows + Devices, Xbox, finance, and human resources are eligible.
- Employees in marketing, commercial business, discovery and quantum, and security are not participating.
- The company says the offer is not based on age, length of service, or performance.
Why it matters
The buyouts show Microsoft reducing staff in AI teams without another round of layoffs. For developers, it signals how large platform companies are reshaping their AI organizations.
“The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us,”