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Tech giant Microsoft has announced plans to cut 60,000 jobs—over 25 per cent of its global workforce—offering employees a voluntary exit scheme until 1 December 2026.

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Microsoft has initiated its largest-ever workforce reduction, offering voluntary exit packages to 60,000 employees—more than a quarter of its 223,000 global staff.In today's episode of DNA, Rahul Sinha, Managing Editor of Zee News, conducted a detailed analysis of the shift, examining how tech giants are reallocating billions into artificial intelligence infrastructure while forcing staff out and grappling with mounting losses across the sector.<h2>Inside Microsoft's 60,000-job voluntary exit offer</h2>The reduction affects full-time workers across four major hubs: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and India.Exit package terms: Employees who submit voluntary resignations by 1 December 2026 will receive a severance payout of up to one year’s salary, structured according to their pay grade.Forced layoff risk: Internal communications signal that staff who decline the voluntary scheme face compulsory redundancy later without equivalent financial compensation if targets are missed.Aggressive restructuring: The move follows smaller cuts earlier in 2026, when Microsoft trimmed 9,000 US roles in July and a further 4,800 globally.<h2>Strong financials vs $175 billion AI gamble</h2>The job cuts occur despite Microsoft maintaining a $4 trillion market capitalisation, an 18 per cent revenue increase, and a 31 per cent jump in net profit over the past year.Instead of cash flow shortages, the primary driver is a massive pivot toward AI hardware. Microsoft projects spending $175 billion this fiscal year on data centres, supercomputing capacity, and specialized chips, with September quarter infrastructure expenditure surging 35 per cent. Traditional software coding and engineering roles are being systematically reduced to fund these capital demands.<h2>China's $480 billion AI stock collapse</h2>The heavy investment across the tech sector coincides with signs of market strain in international AI equities.In China, an index tracking local AI and semiconductor stocks dropped roughly 40 per cent in under four months, erasing nearly $480 billion in investor wealth. Government backing and heavy domestic investment have struggled against strict US hardware export controls, leaving Chinese data centres short of critical equipment.<h2>US AI firm Anthropic reports heavy losses ahead of IPO</h2>Wider financial pressures are also evident among specialised developers in the United States.Six-month losses: Ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), American firm Anthropic disclosed losses of $81 billion between January and June 2026.Year-on-year surge: The figure represents a fivefold increase from the $13 billion loss recorded during the same period a year prior.The widening shortfall underscores the growing commercial pressure on companies spending heavily on hardware infrastructure before generating proportional revenue returns.ALSO READ | <a href="https://english.zeenews.com/india/article-stalin-attacks-vijay-tvk-theni-jailbreak-breaking-bad-prison-break-3160721">'From Breaking Bad to Prison Break': Stalin takes aim at CM Vijay after 17 inmates escape Theni jail</a>

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