Microsoft offers voluntary exit to about 60,000 staff to protect AI infrastructure spending

Microsoft’s AI future has fewer jobs

Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees in the US, UK, Canada and India to cut operating costs and headcount without trimming AI infrastructure spending. An earlier retirement program this year covered only about 9,000 people. People familiar with the matter say the new terms are roughly the same as standard severance, and eligible staff can decide by December.

Why it matters: Microsoft is widening voluntary exits to about 60,000 staff, holding down costs and headcount to keep funding AI infrastructure.