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
‘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 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
Indian executives are gaining clout in US corporate boardroomsThe landscape of S&P 500 boards has seen a noteworthy shift, with Indian men now occupying a record 16 seats. This development reflects the...
28 Sep, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot rebootThe result of a six-month engineering effort, the latest iteration of the assistant has absorbed the separate version for home use, adoptin...
25 Sep, 2026, 10.09 PM IST
Microsoft layoffs: Here's the severance package employees are getting after latest job cutsMicrosoft offers up to 39 weeks of pay and continued benefits to laid-off workers. This generous package includes stock vesting and health ...
09 Jul, 2026, 11.21 AM IST
US tech giant Microsoft announces voluntary retirement: What is it, who is eligible and what is the math used in calculation?Microsoft's voluntary retirement: US tech company Microsoft has announced its first-ever voluntary retirement program and the scheme is ope...
25 Apr, 2026, 11.36 AM IST
After layoffs, Microsoft targets 7% of US workforce for buyouts - who’s affected?Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement buyouts to approximately 7% of its U.S. workforce for the first time in its 51-year history. Thi...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.52 PM IST
Microsoft plans first voluntary employee buyout: ReportMicrosoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the Windows maker's 51-year history. Microsoft is also adjusting the way it do...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.25 PM IST
For 20 years, he lived and breathed Microsoft, then was laid off, and now he shares a warning about Big TechAfter two decades at Microsoft, Joe Friend, 62, was unexpectedly laid off, forcing him to accelerate retirement plans and re-evaluate his c...
26 Oct, 2025, 10.36 AM IST
Microsoft prepares to shut down Internet Explorer after 27 yearsAccording to Mashable, Internet Explorer will be rendered inoperable from June 15.
13 Jun, 2022, 12.46 PM IST
MSN Messenger, which once had 330 million users, has finally, completely diedMSN Messenger will officially close on October 31. Microsoft is offering all Chinese users of the service a $2 Skype coupon to ease the tra...
30 Aug, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
- Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista
Vista was designed for pricier PCs just as rivals like Google were releasing Web-based programs that could run on inexpensive computers. Ex...
21 Apr, 2009, 07.02 AM IST
- Bill Gates surrendering Microsoft helm
A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official da...
22 Jun, 2008, 08.46 AM IST
- Microsoft opens door to open-source software community
Microsoft is increasing the openness of its software to appease antitrust regulators and please businesses trending toward more diverse com...
22 Feb, 2008, 07.30 AM IST