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American technology giant Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to its employees around the world, its human resources director announced on Monday.
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In a memo sent to staff, Amy Coleman called the “voluntary separation offer” “an important part of how we are evolving our approach to change: creating greater flexibility and, where possible, more ways for employees to shape their next chapter.”
The offer will be offered to employees of selected teams in the US, Canada, India and the UK “at level 70 and below”, meaning some senior executives could be included.
“This is a voluntary, limited-time program that gives those who are eligible the opportunity to leave Microsoft with financial support and career planning resources,” the memo continues.
He added that eligible employees would receive an email with a link to their offers within the next few hours.
About 60,000 employees would be eligible.
In July, Microsoft announced it was cutting about 4,800 positions, or about 2.1% of its global workforce at the time, as the company sought to shift its priorities and reduce costs as the AI era continues to take hold. These cuts primarily affected the company’s Xbox business and gaming divisions.
Microsoft also offered some employees the opportunity to retire early this year.
The company said more than 30% of those eligible for the early retirement program have chosen to participate and that it would “continue to explore similar approaches in the future.”
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