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Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance
Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams
TL;DRMicrosoft offering buyouts to 60,000 workers while protecting AI investment spending.
Why it matters: Shows how tech giants are reshaping workforces around AI priorities, signaling where future tech development will concentrate.
Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce, in the second such program this year. The company's headcount has held flat at around 223,000 since 2022 even as it plans to spend about $170 billion on AI…
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