Microsoft wants thousands of employees to leave, and it’s willing to pay them to do it

Microsoft is giving an enormous swath of its workforce an easy out – if they want it. Microsoft Chief People Officer Amy ​Coleman on Monday announced that it would extend a voluntary exit offer to eligible employees, allowing them to transition out of the company with financial support. ​Coleman framed the buyout offer as a way for Microsoft workers “considering a future outside the company” to make that move now, helpfully reducing the tech giant’s costly headcount in the process. A...