The HRTech Wire

Microsoft’s Humane Buyouts Imperil Its AI Ambitions

Microsoft reportedly offered buyouts to roughly a quarter of its employees, about 60,000 people, last week. The move follows a 2% workforce layoff in July and a first-ever voluntary retirement offer to 7% of staff in April. Bloomberg columnist Gautam Mukunda argues that tenure-based buyouts may push out the AI talent the company most needs to keep, while Microsoft plans $170 billion in capital spending this year, much of it on AI data centers.