Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees, a quarter of its workforce
tambourine_man · hn · 2026-10-27
Per Ars Technica, Microsoft has offered voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees — roughly a quarter of its workforce. The HN discussion weighs what this means for headcount strategy amid heavy AI investment.
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