Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, Business Insider reports

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Oct 26 (Reuters) - ⁠Microsoft is offering buyouts to around ⁠60,000 employees, Business Insider reported ‌on Monday, citing a company spokesperson.

The company did not immediately comment on the number of ​employees impacted when contacted ⁠by Reuters.

The voluntary ⁠exit offer will impact key divisions, including ⁠AI ‌experiences, Copilot, finance, human resources, Xbox and Windows + ⁠Devices, a source familiar with the matter ​told ‌Reuters. It will exclude units such ⁠as ​marketing, commercial business and security, the source added.

"This offer will be available ⁠to eligible employees in participating ​teams in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States at level ⁠70 and below," Microsoft said in a blog post on Monday.

The company said it was a time-limited, ​volunatary program and built ⁠on insights gained from a previous ​voluntary retirement program.

(Reporting by ‌Jaspreet Singh and additional ​reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)

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10 月 26 日（路透社）——据 Business Insider 周一援引公司发言人的话报道，微软正在向约 6 万名员工提供买断方案。

路透社联系该公司询问受影响的员工人数时，该公司未立即置评。

据路透社援引一位知情人士的消息称，这项自愿离职计划将影响包括人工智能体验、Copilot、财务、人力资源、Xbox 和 Windows + 设备在内的关键部门。该消息人士补充说，营销、商业和安全等部门将不包含在内。

微软周一在一篇博客文章中表示：“这项优惠将提供给加拿大、印度、英国和美国参与团队中级别为 70 级及以下的符合条件的员工。”

该公司表示，这是一项有时限的自愿性计划，并借鉴了之前一项自愿退休计划的经验。

（贾斯普雷特·辛格报道，黛博拉·索菲亚在班加罗尔补充报道；乔纳森·阿南达编辑）

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