By Brandon Thompson
Publication Date: 2026-10-27 01:09:00
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit offers to about a quarter of its workforce. That’s roughly 60,000 of its employees.
“This offer gives eligible employees who may be considering a future outside the company a new choice to make that transition now with support. It also gives participating organizations another way to adapt their workforce to changing needs,” Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer Amy Coleman said in a memo sent to employees.
This offer will be available to eligible employees in participating teams in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, at the vice president level and below.
According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the offer applies to all departments, except marketing, sales, and some engineering teams.
The spokesperson pushed back against calling it a buyout program, as they say it is a standard severance offer, as opposed to the added incentives apart of the voluntary retirement…
