Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers, about 27% of its workforce
SumitGup · x · 2026-10-27
Per Bloomberg, Microsoft is offering buyouts to 60,000 employees — roughly 27% of its total workforce — as part of cost-cutting amid AI adoption. Personnel at VP level and below on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK are eligible.
Quoted commentary notes LinkedIn alone employs 17,000–17,500 full-time staff (official self-reported figures, prior to a 875-person layoff), calling the headcount scale insane.
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