Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers amid AI-driven cost cuts
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-10-27
According to a Bloomberg report, Microsoft is offering buyouts to roughly 60,000 employees as it cuts costs amid its push to adopt AI. The reposter quips about "a lot of new plumbers entering the workforce," a jab at displaced office workers. It's one of the largest buyout programs in Microsoft's history, reflecting corporate downsizing during heavy AI investment.
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