Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees
Microsoft has offered voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence. The offer is available to eligible workers at vice president level and below in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and India, according to the company. Chief People Officer Amy Coleman called the voluntary exit offer new for Microsoft.
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Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence infrastructure. Chief People Officer Amy Coleman announced the offer on Monday; ITV News described the group as about 27% of the company’s global workforce.
The offer covers qualifying staff at VP rank or lower across four countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and India. Employees on participating teams received emails linking to personalized offer details. They have until early December to decide whether to accept, and those who leave are set to have Dec. 31, 2026, as their final day.
Coleman called the program new for Microsoft and said the company would learn from it.
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BBN Times and ITV News both report Microsoft’s same-day voluntary buyout offer to about 60,000 employees amid its AI spending and efficiency push. ITV News credits PA, but the results show no duplicate of that report.