How long until AI replaces your job? That is the question you should be asking right now. Microsoft has just offered voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees. That's about 27% of its entire workforce. The company is offering to pay them to leave voluntarily. Staff at VP level and below on selected teams in the US, UK, Canada and India have until December to decide. Not everyone will take the offer, and Microsoft knows that. But even if only 10% accept, that's 6,000 people leaving without a single layoff announcement. This follows several rounds of staff cuts this year: 1. April → Microsoft offered its first-ever buyout to long-serving US staff. Around 30% accepted. 2. July → Roughly 4,800 employees were laid off. 3. October → Another buyout, this time offered to more than a quar
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