The software giant said the buyouts will be available to certain workers at a vice presidential level and below, following waves of layoffs in recent years.
San Francisco | Microsoft will offer buyouts to about 60,000 workers, part of the company’s efforts to trim costs and retool its workforce for the artificial intelligence era.
Some personnel in the US, Canada, India and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible, said a Microsoft spokesperson.
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Microsoft had over 450 million paid user licenses as of January 2026, all unable to access their emails for over 24 hours.
If your Microsoft business services were offline last week, you’re probably entitled to a partial credit on your next monthly bill.
Experts say outage exposes ‘Australia’s reliance on foreign technology’ as software giant says services being restored
Microsoft services began recovering on Friday after a global outage disrupted Outlook and Teams.
Some of Microsoft’s most popular products, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, stopped working across the world. Burt the company says it is seeing “encouraging recovery progress”.
Experts say the event is a "stark reminder" of how heavily the world relies on a small group of big tech providers.
