Microsoft Offers 27% of Workers a Buyout

Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence, per the AP. Company exec Amy Coleman (her title is “chief people officer”) said in a blog post Monday that the company’s voluntary exit offer was available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the UK, and the US.

“The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us,” Coleman wrote. “We’ll learn from it. At the same time, we’ll keep helping people focus on…