Microsoft's 60,000-employee buyout offer stories

Oct 26, 2026

Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees across four countries

Microsoft extended voluntary buyout packages to approximately 60,000 employees (roughly 25% of its workforce) in the US, UK, Canada, and India. The move comes as the company invests $175 billion in AI infrastructure.

Oct 26, 20265 sources

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▪Under Microsoft's standard severance structure, employees at level 64 and below receive one week of base pay per six months of service, while levels 65 to 67 receive two weeks per six months
▪Tech companies Oracle, Amazon, and Meta announced tens of thousands of corporate job cuts between late 2025 and mid-2026 to redirect capital into artificial intelligence infrastructure
▪If 30% of eligible employees accept Microsoft's buyout offer, approximately 18,000 workers would leave, tying the largest workforce reduction in Microsoft history set during the 2014 Nokia acquisition

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