{
  "id": 16876108,
  "title": "Microsoft offers voluntary retirement program to some 60,000 employees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/microsoft-offers-voluntary-retirement-program-to-some-60-000-employees",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T09:20:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post Tech & Start-Ups",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post-tech-start-ups",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-913085"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft has announced a voluntary retirement program targeting approximately 60,000 employees, or 27% of its workforce, according to a Business Insider report based on statements from a company spokesperson. The initiative is expected to impact key divisions such as artificial intelligence experience development, Copilot, finance, human resources, Xbox, and Windows + Devices. However, units like marketing, commercial business, and security will be excluded from the program. Eligible employees in participating teams in Canada, India, the UK, and the US, who hold a grade of 70 or below, are invited to participate. Microsoft emphasized that the offer is time-limited and based on insights from a previous voluntary retirement program the company previously conducted.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}