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Microsoft offers buyouts to around 60,000 employees globally

💡 Why it matters

A potential reduction at this scale can change execution speed across product lines and signal how aggressively Big Tech will reallocate budgets toward AI capacity over the next year.

Microsoft opened a voluntary exit program for about 60,000 eligible staff across key markets, as the company balances workforce costs with heavy AI infrastructure spending.