微软向约6万名员工提供自愿离职买断：约占全球员工四分之一，美加英印副总裁及以下可选、条款与标准遣散费相近
微软（Microsoft）10月26日（周一）向约6万名员工提供自愿离职买断：首席人力官 Amy Coleman 当天向员工发出备忘录并刊登在公司官方博客上，微软随后向媒体证实了这一计划。约6万人约占微软全球员工总数的四分之一——截至今年6月底，微软员工总数为223,000人。
备忘录显示，资格面向美国、加拿大、英国与印度四国选定团队中副总裁职级及以下的员工；合格员工周一会收到一封附有各自买断条款详情链接的邮件，条款与微软的标准遣散费相近。据彭博社报道，Xbox、Windows、Copilot 与财务等部门在参与之列，数据中心、销售与营销部门的员工不在此次范围内。据报道，员工须在12月31日前作出决定，美国员工接受买断可获至少八周工资。
Coleman 在备忘录中写道：「自愿离职计划是我们调整变革方式的重要一环：创造更大的灵活性，并在可能的情况下，让员工有更多方式规划自己职业生涯的下一阶段。」「这项计划是全新的，我们会从中学习。同时，我们会继续帮助大家专注于最重要的工作、培养新技能，并在合适的情况下在微软内部寻找新机会。」
这不是微软今年第一次以自愿方式缩减人力：今年春季，公司曾向约8,750名临近退休年龄的员工提供自愿退休计划，超过30%的人接受。此次买断推出的同时，微软正为人工智能基础设施投入巨资、扩建数据中心网络；以自愿离职替代强制裁员，被视为公司在控制成本的同时降低组织震荡的做法。消息最先由 Business Insider 报道。
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Buyouts to About 60,000 Employees, Roughly a Quarter of Its Workforce
Microsoft on Monday, Oct. 26, offered voluntary buyout packages to about 60,000 employees, after Chief People Officer Amy Coleman sent staff a memo that was also published on the company's official blog; Microsoft confirmed the program to reporters. The roughly 60,000 eligible employees amount to about a quarter of Microsoft's workforce, which stood at 223,000 at the end of June.
According to the memo, employees at the vice president level and below on select teams in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and India are eligible. Eligible employees were to receive an email on Monday with a link to their individual offer details, and the terms are similar to Microsoft's standard severance. Bloomberg reported that divisions including Xbox, Windows, Copilot and Finance are participating, while employees in data centers, sales and marketing are excluded. Employees reportedly have until Dec. 31 to decide, and U.S. employees who accept will receive at least eight weeks of pay.
"The Voluntary Exit Offer reflects an important part of how we're evolving our approach to change: creating greater flexibility and, where possible, more ways for employees to shape their next chapter," Coleman wrote. "The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us. We'll learn from it. 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."
It is not Microsoft's first voluntary workforce reduction this year: in the spring the company offered a voluntary retirement program to about 8,750 retirement-age employees, and more than 30 percent accepted. The buyout offer comes as Microsoft spends heavily on artificial intelligence infrastructure and data centers; voluntary exits are seen as a way to cut costs without another disruptive round of involuntary layoffs. The news was first reported by Business Insider.
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