Microsoft Offers Buyouts to About 7% of US Workers

The Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Brody Ford

April 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM UTC

Updated on

April 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM UTC

Microsoft Corp. is offering voluntary retirement to thousands of its employees in the US.

About 7% of the US workforce will be eligible for the buyouts, according to a person familiar with the planning. Microsoft has never previously done buyouts of this scale, said the person, who requested anonymity to discuss an internal matter.