Microsoft is offering a quarter of its staff a way out, while it spends $175 billion on AI this year

Business BagelChristian Maidman · 28 October 2026 at 02:45

About 60,000 Microsoft employees can now leave with a severance-style package, as the company keeps its headcount flat and puts its money into AI.

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