Microsoft Offers Voluntary Buyout to 60,000 Employees - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 13 hours ago / 1,464 Views
Microsoft announced it is offering voluntary buyouts with a new Voluntary Exit Offer (VEO) to eligible employees within participating organizations in the US, Canada, UK, and India.
"This offer gives eligible employees who may be considering a future outside the company a new choice to make that transition now with support," said Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer Amy Coleman in an email sent to Microsoft employees. "It also gives participating organizations another way to adapt their workforce to changing needs."
She added, "This is a time-limited, voluntary program that gives those who are eligible the opportunity to leave Microsoft with financial support and career planning resources. Some organizations are providing the Voluntary Exit Offer, and some are not. Participation varies based on each business’s priorities, customer commitments and workforce needs."
The Verge is reporting up to 60,000 employees, or around 25 percent of Microsoft's total workforce, has been given the offer. Employees eligible for the voluntary exit offer includes those that work in the AI experiences, Copilot, CoreAI, Windows + Devices, Xbox, finance, and human resources teams.
This is different from the voluntary retirement program that was offered earlier this year to around 9,000 employees.
It is likely Microsoft does not expect nearly 60,000 employees to take the buyout, but it is a way to potentially reduce the total headcount without the need to do another round of layoffs.
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"Employees eligible for the voluntary exit offer includes those that work in the AI experiences, Copilot, CoreAI, Windows + "
So after they worked on the AI to replace others jobs...it replaced their job. Who could have seen that coming.
yea exactly. Build the AI systems and then we don't need you anymore. AI destroying jobs and not even AI jobs are safe lol
I wish my employer would offer me one lol. I just need a good reason to exit.
I wish mine would give me $60K to quit.
It says they’re offering 60k employees voluntary redundancy. Not that they’re offering them $60k.
60,000 people? O_O
60K?
60 freaking thousand?
That's apparently 25% of their staff. I asked AI, the tech replacing them.
Sounds like MS is tired of the bad press and they want to lay off another 60,000 people. So they're hoping their employees are stupid enough to fall for this instead loll
If you volunteer quit you get money, but if they let you go you also get money anyways (severance package). So I don't see the real benefit of the employees leaving unless they actually want out.
your many turned to none, to nothing
Basically paying them to not complain about being replaced with AI. Typical Microshaft.
its a lot more than microsoft, at least they are getting a severance instead of being laid off
If the pay is good enough, I'd gladly take their shaft. If you're relatively young and take a big stock payout, you've essentially been given a solid retirement package.
I personally would sell it and buy ETFs over time. If Microsoft does well, I will still own plenty of them through the ETFs.
