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Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Workers to Redirect Spending Toward AI

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Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to approximately 60,000 eligible workers across the US, Canada, India, and the UK, representing about 27% of its global headcount of 223,000 as of June. The buyouts exclude employees on data center teams and are intended to reduce labor costs to increase spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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  1. SOURCEtheverge.com
  2. SOURCE@businessinsider“Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees.”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@deitaone“Data center teams are among those excluded from the offer.”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@stocksavvyshay“representing ~25% of its U.S. workforce.”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@negligible_cap“This is 27% of $MSFT's entire workforce”x.com
  6. SOURCEhuggingnewshuggingnews.com
  7. SUPPORT@tomwarren“comes just months after Microsoft laid off 4,800 employees.”x.com
  8. SUPPORT@hesamation“offering buyouts to 27% of its employees, to cut costs?”x.com
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