Microsoft offers quarter of its global workforce voluntary buyouts as AI spending accelerates

Jamaica Gleaner - Oct 27, 2026

Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence. The company’s voluntary exit offer was available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company’s Chief People Officer Amy Coleman wrote in a blog post Monday. “The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us,” Coleman wrote.

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