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# Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 employees
- URL: https://www.enterprisey.com/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-about-60-000-employees/
- Published: 2026-10-26T22:51:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T22:53:22.000Z
- Description: Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce, across teams in the US, Canada, the UK and India.
- Author: Enterprisey Admin
- Tags: News, People

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of the 223,000 full-time staff it had at the end of June, chief people officer Amy Coleman told employees on Oct 26\. ([TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-around-60000-employees-reports-say?ref=enterprisey.com); [AP](https://mymotherlode.com/news/national/11254809/microsoft-offers-a-quarter-of-its-global-workforce-voluntary-buyouts-as-ai-spending-accelerates.html?ref=enterprisey.com))

The offer covers vice presidents and below on participating teams in the US, Canada, the UK and India. Data center, sales and marketing staff are among those excluded. It follows a smaller buyout earlier this year and about 4,800 job cuts in July. ([TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-around-60000-employees-reports-say?ref=enterprisey.com); [AP](https://mymotherlode.com/news/national/11254809/microsoft-offers-a-quarter-of-its-global-workforce-voluntary-buyouts-as-ai-spending-accelerates.html?ref=enterprisey.com))