Microsoft voluntary retirement scheme: What happens if employees say no to the exit offer?Microsoft has announced a voluntary exit programme allowing approximately 60,000 employees to leave the company with support. The offer inc...
27 Oct, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
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
'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
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
'I am so torn on what to do': Microsoft employee returning from maternity leave offered voluntary exit, turns to internet for adviceA Microsoft employee in Canada says she was offered a voluntary exit package worth around 10 months of pay just before her maternity leave ...
27 Oct, 2026, 01.33 PM IST
PhonePe rolls out NPS account opening with Rs 250 contribution, no fresh KYCPhonePe has introduced a digital process for users to open National Pension System accounts. This new facility allows an initial contributi...
27 Oct, 2026, 01.06 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
‘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
Retirement planning: Why the US retirement model may not work for Indian retireesThe Indian institutional framework poses unexpected risks. Not only is insurance costly for seniors, it’s not available as a standardised s...
26 Oct, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
NPS subscribers are less swayed by short-term market movements now, says Axis Pension Fund CEO Sumit ShuklaAxis Pension Fund intends to enhance its National Pension System offerings to provide better retirement savings options. The introduction o...
26 Oct, 2026, 11.54 AM IST
Retiring with Rs 2 crore corpus and need Rs 8 lakh a year? Know your ideal withdrawal rate with SWR formulaCutting through money jargon, one topic at a time. This week, Sanket Dhanorkar explains what is safe withdrawal rate and how you can ensure...
19 Oct, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
How to invest my Rs 2.5 crore retirement fund for a steady monthly income?ET Wealth Reader's Query: I am 60 with a retirement corpus of Rs 2.5 crore. How should I invest it to generate a steady monthly income and ...
15 Oct, 2026, 06.51 PM IST
Retirement in India vs the US: How parents balance financial security, caregiving, and inheritanceIn the US, parents tend to protect their assets for their own use in retirement, and choose to not spend it disproportionately on their chi...
12 Oct, 2026, 01.25 PM IST