Microsoft to offer redundancy to 60000 workers in new AI cost cut - AFR

World North America Jobs Print article Brody Ford and Nikki Waller Updated Oct 27, 2026 – 9.50am , first published at 7.11am San Francisco | Microsoft will offer buyouts to about 60,000 workers, as part of the company’s efforts to trim costs and retool its workforce for the artificial intelligence era. Some personnel in the US, Canada, India and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible, said a Microsoft spokesperson. Loading... Bloomberg Save Log in or Subscribe to save article Share Copy link Copied Email LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Copy link Copied Share via... Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login Read More Jobs Microsoft AI Google Meta Elon Musk Fetching latest articles