Microsoft Offers Buyouts to ~60,000 Workers at VP Level and Below Across US, Canada, India and UK

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to roughly 60,000 employees at the vice-president level and below on select US, Canada, India and UK teams, with Chief People Officer Amy Coleman framing it as a chance for staff 'considering a future outside the company' to transition early. Data-center, sales and marketing roles are excluded. Employees decide in December and exit Dec 31; TechCrunch and Bloomberg both describe the move as Microsoft reshaping its workforce for AI after an earlier retirement-age buyout round took ~30% of 8,750 eligible staff.