Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary buyout for 8000-plus employees in America; says in memo: Our hope is that …
Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the company’s 51-year history. According to a memo, Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to thousands of its employees in the US. Microsoft has never previously done buyouts of this scale.
As per the report, about 7% of Microsoft’s workforce in the US will be eligible for the buyouts. As of June 2025, the company had 228,000 employees, with 125,000 in the U.S. That would make about 8,750 workers eligible for the program.
