Microsoft Plans Voluntary Exit Offers for Around 60,000 Employees to Fund AI Investment

Microsoft is moving to reorganise its workforce by offering voluntary departures to around 60,000 employees, as it seeks to fund investment in artificial intelligence.

The planned offers would give eligible employees the option to leave the company. The figure refers to those who would receive offers, rather than a confirmed number of departures.

The move links Microsoft’s workforce restructuring to its AI spending priorities, with voluntary exits intended to help finance those investments.

Details of the proposed departure packages, the timetable and the teams that could be affected were not provided in the announcement summary.