Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers, nearly a quarter of its staff
Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to roughly 60,000 employees — about a quarter of its workforce — as it works to shrink head count without resorting to layoffs. The program, announced Monday, covers a scale of buyout rarely seen in the tech industry and signals the company's push to control costs while keeping involuntary cuts off the table.
Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the company tries to control its head count while avoiding layoffs.