Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across several global regions to reduce headcount without mandatory layoffs. The offer covers a wide range of departments, though some specific teams are excluded from the program.
Why it matters
This move signals a significant shift in corporate workforce management for a major tech giant, reflecting broader trends in the tech industry's efforts to optimize staffing.
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across the US, UK, Canada, and India. In a message to employees, Microsoft chief people officer Amy Coleman writes that this gives staff members “the opportunity to leave Microsoft with financial support and career planning resources” as the company looks to trim staff without another round of layoffs.
Sources familiar with the situation tell The Verge that staffers across Microsoft are eligible for the voluntary exit offers, including those in its AI experiences, Copilot, CoreAI, Windows + Devices, Xbox, finance, and human resources teams. Microsoft’s cloud + AI, MicrosoftAI teams, and corporate, external, and legal affairs are partially participating, the sources say. Meanwhile, employees on Microsoft’s marketing, commercial business, discovery and quantum, and security teams aren’t participating.
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