Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as a software giant. spend a lot on artificial intelligence.
The company’s voluntary separation offer was available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company’s chief human resources officer, Amy Coleman, wrote in a blog post Monday.
“The voluntary separation offer is new to us,” Coleman wrote. “We will learn from this. At the same time, we will continue to help people focus on the work that matters most, learn new skills, and, when it makes sense, find new opportunities within Microsoft.”
The company, which reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, had about 223,000 full-time employees at the end of June.
AP AUDIO: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to a quarter of its global workforce as AI spending accelerates
Microsoft is offering buyouts to more than a quarter of its workforce. Reports AP correspondent Jennifer King.
Shares of Microsoft Corp., based in Redmond, Washington, hit a record high this month. The stock rose about 1% on Monday.
In May, Microsoft planned to offer buyouts to about 8,750 people, or 7% of its U.S. workforce, according to two people familiar with the plan who were not authorized to speak publicly about it. In July, the company said it cut 4,800 jobs, or about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers in its Xbox video game business.
The rise of data center investments – probably exceeding 700 billion dollars This year, to power artificial intelligence, memory chips, computer processors and other equipment, as well as electricity, have become more expensive. Economists expect this will continue to drive up inflation at least until the end of this year.
Microsoft has been rise in power its capabilities in AI for several years. In 2024, the company unveiled a new class of AI-enabled personal computers, focused on merging its AI assistant, called Copilot, into the Windows operating system for PCs, which Microsoft already has the eyes of millions of consumers.
And in October 2025, Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Micoa floating cartoon face in the shape of a drop or flame that embodies the spirit of the software giant. Co-pilot virtual assistant.
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