Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Employees in Voluntary Exit Offer
Microsoft just asked a quarter of its workforce to consider leaving. On Monday, October 26, 2026, the company opened a Microsoft voluntary exit offer to about 60,000 employees, according to reporting from Business Insider and Bloomberg, in one of the largest voluntary workforce programs a US tech giant has ever run. That number needs a careful read. It is the number of people eligible, not the number who will leave. Microsoft itself has not confirmed the 60,000 figure in its public post, and Reuters reported that the company did not immediately comment on the headcount when asked. What Microsoft did confirm is the shape of the program: a time-limited, voluntary offer with financial support and career planning resources for staff who choose to go. ...