60,000 Microsoft Workers Offered Buyouts As AI Spending Boom Reshapes Workforce

Job cuts and downsizing announcements across corporate America have gained momentum, a trend we featured in a report last week titled "Tech Layoffs Surge As Corporate America's AI Blitz Raises Fears The Worst Is Yet To Come."

Days later, Bloomberg reports that Microsoft will offer voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees while spending heavily on artificial intelligence and data center expansion.

NEARLY 1 OUT OF 3 (60,000 EMPLOYEES) AT MICROSOFT BEING OFFERED VOLUNTARY TERMINATION Emails should be going out any minute to those receiving the offer. Absolutely insane.

— LayoffHedge (@LayoffAI) October 26, 2026

"This offer gives eligible employees who may be considering a future outside the company a new choice to make that transition now with support," Chief People Officer Amy Coleman wrote in a memo earlier today.

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