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# Microsoft Offers To Pay 60,000 Workers To Leave
- URL: https://www.cleardailynews.com/microsoft-offers-to-pay-60-000-workers-to-leave/
- Published: 2026-10-27T12:50:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T12:50:42.000Z
- Author: Clear Daily News
- Tags: Tech

## The Main Points

- Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 workers.
- That is about 1 out of every 4 Microsoft workers.
- The company is spending huge amounts of money on AI.

## People To Know

- **Amy Coleman** — a leader at Microsoft who is in charge of workers

## Words To Know

- **Buyout** — money a company pays a worker to leave the job.
- **AI** — computer programs that can do tasks that used to need a person.
- **Workforce** — all the people who work for a company.

## The Story

Microsoft is a big technology company.

It makes Windows and other computer programs.

Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 workers.

A buyout means the company pays workers to leave.

Workers can choose to take it or say no.

That is about 1 out of every 4 Microsoft workers.

The offer is for workers in the US, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom.

Workers learned about the offer by email on Monday.

The offer is only open for a short time.

Microsoft is spending a lot of money on AI.

It plans to spend $175 billion on AI this year.

The buyouts will help the company save money on workers.

Amy Coleman leads Microsoft’s work with employees.

She said, “The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us.”

Microsoft has cut jobs before.

In July, it cut 4,800 jobs.

## Where This Came From

We wrote this story in our own words, using facts reported by:

- [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-buyouts-60000-workers-artificial-intelligence-layoffs/?ref=cleardailynews.com)
- [ABC News (Associated Press)](https://abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/microsoft-offers-quarter-global-workforce-voluntary-buyouts-ai-137578868?ref=cleardailynews.com)