By Todd Bishop
Publication Date: 2026-05-07 15:21:00
Microsoft employees eligible for the company’s first-ever voluntary retirement program are learning the details of the package Thursday morning, including the size of cash payments, length of healthcare coverage, and vesting of stock awards if they take the company’s offer.
As described in an internal summary viewed by GeekWire, lump-sum cash payments will range from eight weeks to 39 weeks (about nine months) of base pay, depending on level and tenure.
Participants would also receive up to five years of continued access to Microsoft’s medical, dental, and vision coverage for themselves and their dependents. Microsoft would fully subsidize the cost in the first year, with…
