{
  "id": 16635990,
  "title": "With Xbox cuts not done, Microsoft offer voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 workers across the company in latest attempt to get rid of staff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/with-xbox-cuts-not-done-microsoft-offer-voluntary-buyouts-to-around",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T17:40:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/with-xbox-cuts-not-done-microsoft-offer-voluntary-buyouts-to-around-60000-workers-across-the-company-in-latest-attempt-to-get-rid-of-staff"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees, which is about 25% of their total workforce. This move comes after previous layoffs and a mandate for four days at the office starting in February. The voluntary offer is part of Microsoft's evolving approach to change, allowing employees to shape their next chapter. Microsoft chief people officer Amy Coleman wrote about this in a memo to staff. The company is trying various methods to meet different business needs while supporting employee growth and contribution. As of now, it is unclear if Xbox, a major gaming division, will be included in this round of voluntary buyouts, although there are indications of further cuts planned for November and January.",
  "summary": "Staff at Microsoft continue to recieve emails they'd probably rather not be getting. After telling some the other week of plans to mandate four days in the office starting in February and presiding over multiple rounds of layoffs at their gaming division Xbox, Microsoft are now offering volutary buyouts to 60,000, roughly 25% of their overall headcount. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "GamesIndustry",
        "title": "Netflix reportedly offered $500m to Microsoft to license Xbox IP for seven years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/netflix-reportedly-offered-500m-to-microsoft-to-license-xbox-ip-for",
        "published": "2026-10-26T13:02:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}