Microsoft is asking 60,000 employees to voluntarily resign. This is how it is designed to compensate for the large-scale costs of developing an infrastructure for artificial intelligence. The reduction in severance pay could affect more than a quarter of the company's entire workforce, reports CNBC. The employees must make a decision on dismissal in December, states the article. The amount of compensation is not specified. In July 2026, the company had already launched a similar voluntary redundancy plan for 8,750 employees of retirement age. Bill Gates has previously said that people will continue to lose their jobs to AI because the business incentive system is "wrong".

Microsoft is asking 60,000 employees to voluntarily resign. This is how it is designed to compensate for the large-scale costs of developing an infrastructure for artificial intelligence. The reduction in severance pay could affect more than a quarter of the company's entire workforce, reports CNBC. The employees must make a decision on dismissal in December, states the article. The amount of compensation is not specified. In July 2026, the company had already launched a similar voluntary redundancy plan for 8,750 employees of retirement age. Bill Gates has previously said that people will continue to lose their jobs to AI because the business incentive system is "wrong".