Microsoft buyouts 2026: Which teams qualify, which departments are excluded and how many MSFT employees are eligible for the voluntary exit offer?Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees across the US, UK, India and Canada. Find out which teams qualify, which...
27 Oct, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
As Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees, a tech leader explains the hidden risks of such a large-scale offerMicrosoft's voluntary buyout offer to around 60,000 employees has led a technology advisor to flag two risks companies may overlook when ex...
27 Oct, 2026, 05.11 PM IST
Bill Gates warns next 20 years to be the most tumultuous in human history as Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employeesMicrosoft Layoff News: Bill Gates has warned that the next 20 years could be among the most tumultuous periods in human history as artifici...
27 Oct, 2026, 04.55 PM IST
'Involuntary entrepreneur era': Tech veteran's warning to IT workers as Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employeesMicrosoft’s voluntary buyout offers to around 60,000 employees have raised concerns about job security across the technology sector. Tech v...
27 Oct, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
Utah mink farm bird flu outbreak raises fears of a pandemic deadlier than Covid as the virus killed 80% of a mink herd: Can it spread to humans?A bird flu outbreak has been spreading for over two months at a Utah mink farm. Federal and state officials have not culled the infected an...
27 Oct, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
Microsoft buyouts: Which 60,000 employees in the US, UK and Canada qualify, benefits, severence package and more. Read the full memoMicrosoft buyouts: Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to eligible employees in the US, UK, Canada and India. Employees have until earl...
27 Oct, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
No layoffs in 101 years: CEO of a company that has never laid off workers says businesses should cut costs elsewhere instead of firing employeesAs Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees amid heavy AI investment, the CEO of a 101-year-old syrup maker says busin...
27 Oct, 2026, 01.57 PM IST
Microsoft needs 'fewer people, more AI agents' to keep up with OpenAI, Anthropic, says ex-employee as 60,000 get buyout offerFormer Microsoft Entra product manager Merill Fernando says the tech giant needs fewer employees and more AI agents to keep pace with OpenA...
27 Oct, 2026, 01.22 PM IST
Skydance offers buyouts to some employees to cut costs after Warner Bros mergerEarlier this month, Paramount Skydance completed its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, with the combined entity renamed Skyda...
27 Oct, 2026, 01.17 PM IST
Microsoft offers voluntary exits to 60,000 employees: What's in it, who qualifies and will India’s 23,000-strong workforce be impacted?Microsoft has introduced a voluntary exit offer for eligible employees in India, the US, the UK and Canada, covering around 60,000 workers ...
27 Oct, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Microsoft director took a voluntary exit offer in July. Now, he is a construction worker, plumber. What prompted a career change?After nearly 26 years at Microsoft, former director Shawn Mrzena retired in July and explored hands-on work, including construction, plumbi...
27 Oct, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
What is the difference between buyout and layoff? Microsoft offers buyout to 60,000 employees; check what it means for workersMicrosoft buyout offer to 60,000 workers: Microsoft has introduced a Voluntary Exit Offer (VEO) for eligible employees in India, the US, Ca...
27 Oct, 2026, 12.30 PM IST
Former Microsoft employee tells wife he was lucky to be fired from tech sector in 2022. What is he doing now?Former Microsoft employee Ian Yong Hoe Tan says he feels fortunate to have been retrenched in late 2022, amid growing concerns about AI-dri...
27 Oct, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
‘You are more than who you work for’: Ex-Microsoft director shares life after voluntary exitFormer Microsoft director Diane Boettcher has advised employees considering voluntary buyouts to look beyond their professional identities....
27 Oct, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
Microsoft announces voluntary exit offer for 60,000 employees in India, 3 other countriesMicrosoft has announced a voluntary exit programme for eligible employees in multiple countries, including India. The offer is available to...
27 Oct, 2026, 06.15 AM IST
Microsoft offers exit packages to India staff amid $20.5 billion AI pushWhile the company has not given specifics of the number of people who shall be covered through this programme, there are around 60,000 empl...
27 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Microsoft buyouts: MSFT stock price jumps but why is tech giant offering massive 'voluntary exit' package for 60,000 employees, including VP level? Check which countries workforce impactedMicrosoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta are collectively on track to pour roughly $700 billion into AI data centers, chips and computing infra...
27 Oct, 2026, 01.12 AM IST