Microsoft Doesn’t Want to Fire People, So it’s Asking if They Want to Leave

THE GIST

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Nobody likes a layoff headline, so Big Tech has gotten very good at the buyout. A voluntary exit lets a company shrink politely, and in the AI era every salary that walks out the door frees up a little more room for chips, power, and data centers.

WHAT HAPPENED

Microsoft is offering a voluntary exit program to 60,000 eligible employees across its US, UK, India, and Canada offices, about 27% of its global workforce. Even vice presidents qualify. Copilot, AI experiences, finance, and human resources are included, while sales and marketing are excluded. The jobs only go away if people take the offer, so Microsoft is essentially handing 60,000 people a door and seeing who walks through it.

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