Microsoft makes new ‘voluntary exit’ offer to about a quarter of its workforce, including some execs

Microsoft’s new buyout offer comes six months after its first-ever voluntary retirement program. (Photo by Dasharath Sunar on Unsplash ) Microsoft is making a new buyout offer to a much broader group of employees, this time including some executives — signaling that it’s not done shrinking its workforce despite thousands of layoffs and retirements this year. The Voluntary Exit Offer, announced Monday in a memo to employees, is open to about 60,000 people in participating teams in the U.S., Canad