[DEVELOPING] Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees amid AI spending push
Microsoft confirmed it is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees at VP level and below on certain US, Canada, India and UK teams. That is more than a quarter of the 223,000 staff it had at the end of June. Reports frame the program as cost containment while AI investment rises. Divisions taking part include Xbox, Windows, Copilot and Finance. Items to watch: how many eligible staff accept, with decisions due in early December and departures on Dec. 31.