Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce

Employees in the US, Canada, India, and the UK may receive offers to leave MS today.

The short version

• In comments to GeekWire in July, Coleman said Microsoft was looking into making voluntary exits part of workforce management more regularly.
• As Business Insider reported, Alphabet offered employees voluntary exit packages in June and October 2025, and again in February 2026.
• Now, eligible Microsoft employees may have to decide whether to take a deal now or keep their jobs and face the uncertainty of future company-wide layoffs.

What happened

According to Microsoft’s blog , employees eligible for the VEO will be contacted via email on Monday. Microsoft will announce its latest earnings after market close later this week.

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