Overview
- The Voluntary Exit Offer was announced on Monday in an internal memo from Chief People Officer Amy Coleman and individualized offer emails are being sent to eligible staff.
- Roughly 60,000 employees at level 70 (vice president) and below in participating teams across the United States, Canada, India and the United Kingdom are eligible.
- Some groups are excluded from the offer, with reports naming parts of sales, marketing, certain engineering teams and some data‑center roles as not participating.
- Offer details will mirror prior severance-style packages, employees have until early December to decide, and accepted participants are expected to depart on December 31.
- Microsoft expects a near-term charge of about $900 million for the program as it shifts headcount while planning major AI capital spending and builds on earlier 2026 workforce changes.