# Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 employees to contain costs

https://mins.news/en/item/118408

- CGTN, 2026-10-27 08:38 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-27/Microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-to-contain-costs-1RA5wdRc54A/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees—more than a quarter of its global workforce—as it seeks to contain costs and fund major AI investments. Eligible staff at level 70 and below in participating teams in Canada, India, the UK and US can take part; marketing, commercial business and security are excluded.

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