Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees as AI investment shrinks headcount
dinabass · x · 2026-10-26
Bloomberg reports Microsoft is offering buyouts to roughly 60,000 employees. The accompanying chart shows cumulative revenue growth since 2007 at 500% while headcount growth has flatlined around 130-150% and started declining after 2024 — thousands of workers have been cut as the company invests in AI, and headcount vs revenue growth is diverging sharply across tech companies.
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