Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees in US, UK, Canada and India
Briefing by News4U · First published
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to up to 60,000 staff to cut costs and reshape its workforce for AI.
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees in the US, UK, Canada and India, excluding data-center, sales and marketing staff, as part of efforts to cut costs and adjust its workforce for AI. [1] [2]
Chief People Officer Amy Coleman told staff the offer provides “financial support and career planning resources” and is open to vice-president level and below on selected teams; cloud+AI, MicrosoftAI and legal teams are only partially included. [1] [2]
The program follows Microsoft’s earlier voluntary retirement offer accepted by more than 30% of 8,750 eligible staff and comes months after 4,800 layoffs that mainly hit Xbox and commercial sales teams. [1] [2]
Sources
- Microsoft offers buyouts to around 60,000 employees, reports say
TechCrunch · · Full text
- Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees
The Verge · · Full text