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Microsoft’s First-Ever Employee Buyout: Here’s What They Could Get [Forbes]
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workers will likely receive tens of thousands of dollars as part of their severance package. Microsoft offered buyouts to about 7% of its U.S. workforce on Thursday, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC and Bloomberg Microsoft employed roughly 228,000 people as of June 2025, and of those, 125,000 were in the U.S., according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing (7% of the U.S. workforce would equal roughly 8,750 employees). Those eligible for the buyouts include workers at the senior director level and below and employees whose years of employment at Microsoft and age add up to 70 or more. Shares of Microsoft dropped by more than 4% as of Thursday afternoon, headlining broader losses across software stocks. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes. Details for the buyouts will be disclosed to eligible employees and their managers on May 7, CNBC reported. Microsoft's standard severance package previously included 12 weeks
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