Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a Microsoft Frontier Tour event in the CNIT building at La Defense business district in Puteaux, near Paris, on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)
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Microsoft has announced a new "voluntary exit offer" aimed at making drastic cuts to its headcount. A CNN report says roughly 60,000 of the company's employees are eligible for the buyout offer, a number that represents around 27% of its total workforce.

"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," Microsoft chief people officer Amy Coleman said in a memo sent to employees.