# Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees

> Original title: Microsoft has made about 60,000 employees, 27% of its 223,000-person workforce, eligible for voluntary buyouts across the US, Canada, Ind...

- Source: Rohan Paul
- Published: 2026-10-26T18:34:44.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ps6ji8lnqscg49x9bn0a3bp5j
- Original: https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2114787832413991405

## Summary

Microsoft has made about 60,000 employees, or 27% of its 223,000-person workforce, eligible for voluntary buyouts in the US, Canada, India and the UK. Eligible employees can accept a cash severance package and leave on December 31 or decline and keep their jobs, and the post says no one is being forced out.

## Post

Microsoft has made about 60,000 employees, 27% of its 223,000-person workforce, eligible for voluntary buyouts across the US, Canada, India and the UK.

offering eligible employees a cash severance package to quit voluntarily. Nobody is being bought or acquired, and nobody is forced out: each of the 60,000 eligible people can take the money and leave on December 31, or decline and keep their job.

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