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US tech giant Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement packages to employees in the United States, Canada, Britain, and India.
US tech giant Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement packages to employees in the United States, Canada, Britain, and India.
Microsoft announced the buyout offer on Monday. It did not say how many employees are eligible, but US media reports put the number at about 60,000, roughly 27 percent of Microsoft's global workforce.
The offer reportedly covers staff in divisions including Xbox gaming and the Windows operating system. But some of those working in data centers and cybersecurity are excluded.
Microsoft has been reducing its workforce in recent years. US media outlet Bloomberg says the new program is part of the company's efforts to trim costs and retool its workforce for the era of artificial intelligence.
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