{"id":85226,"date":"2026-10-27T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=85226"},"modified":"2026-10-27T06:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:30:14","slug":"wtf-microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-60000-employees-as-it-spends-on-a-i-25-of-entire-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=85226","title":{"rendered":"

WTF!!! Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Employees as It Spends on A.I. [25% of entire workforce]<\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Karen Weise<\/p>\n

Microsoft on Monday offered buyouts to a quarter of its work force, the latest effort by the company to rein in costs as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

Only a sliver of the 60,000 employees offered a buyout are expected to take it, the company said.<\/p>\n

In a note to staff, Amy Coleman, Microsoft\u2019s chief people officer, wrote that the buyout is part of the company\u2019s efforts to give employees more control over their future and also \u201cmeet different business needs while continuing to create opportunities for our own people to grow and contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201ctime-limited, voluntary\u201d program grew out of the company\u2019s first ever buyouts earlier this year, she wrote. In April, Microsoft offered early retirement to 8,600 long-tenured U.S. employees, and about 30 percent accepted the packages and left over the summer. Microsoft said it heard from additional employees who would have taken the buyout if they had been eligible. That informed the company\u2019s decision to create this new, expanded program.<\/p>\n

Between 3 and 5 percent of tech industry employees typically accept buyout offers, Microsoft said.<\/p>\n

Like its Big Tech peers, Microsoft has been cutting costs to plow money into the A.I. race. The company told investors to expect its capital spending, largely on data centers and the chips to fill them, to total about $190 billion in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n