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Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams.

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Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce, in its second such program this year, while shielding AI-critical teams.

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“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 Decoder, 31 Oct 2026, 10:43.

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