Microsoft offers voluntary exits to 60,000 eligible employees

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to roughly 60,000 eligible employees in the US, UK, Canada, and India as it reshapes its workforce. The figure describes the eligible pool, not a forecast of how many people will leave, because each employee can choose whether to accept the offer. The program is limited to eligible staff in the four named markets, rather than automatically covering every Microsoft employee worldwide. It gives the company a voluntary route to change its staffing without identifying 60,000 jobs for elimination.