Microsoft’s latest cost-cutting plan involves offering buyouts to roughly a quarter of the company, essentially providing 60,000 people with the option of laying themselves off, Business Insider reports . They’ll get a generous severance package in exchange for choosing to voluntarily leave the tech giant.
“The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us. We’ll learn from it,” Chief People Officer Amy Coleman wrote in a memo to staff. “At the same time, we’ll keep helping people focus on the work that matters most, build new skills, and, where it makes sense, find new opportunities across Microsoft. There is no one-size-fits-all approach for every team or every employee. These are a few of the ways we’re trying to meet different business needs while continuing to create opportunities for our own people to grow and contribute.”
It’s not immediately clear which divisions and departments within Microsoft will be eligible for the new cost-cutting program.…