{"id":1560,"date":"2026-10-26T20:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/microsoft-offers-voluntary-exit-packages-to-60000-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:01:18","slug":"microsoft-offers-voluntary-exit-packages-to-60000-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/microsoft-offers-voluntary-exit-packages-to-60000-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, the company said on Monday, roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the tech giant seeks to cut costs while pouring money into artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff on select teams in the United States, Canada, India and Britain at vice president level and below will be eligible, a Microsoft spokesperson said, while some groups of employees, including some working on data centers, sales and marketing, are excluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Voluntary Exit Offer reflects an important part of how we\u2019re evolving our approach to change: creating greater flexibility and, where possible, more ways for employees to shape their next chapter,\u201d Amy Coleman, an executive vice president and chief people officer, told employees in a memo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the second voluntary buyout offer that Microsoft has offered employees this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, the company reportedly offered around seven percent of its US workforce the option to retire early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 30 percent of those eligible took the voluntary retirement plan, according to CNBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft had 223,000 employees globally at the end of June, down from 228,000 at the end of 2025, according to regulatory filings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 27 percent of Microsoft\u2019s workforce is eligible for the new buyout offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is expected to report quarterly earnings later this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFP<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/microsoft-offers-voluntary-exit-packages-to-60000-staff\/\">Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, the company said on Monday, roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the tech giant seeks to cut costs while pouring&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}