Microsoft offers 1st-ever voluntary retirement to 8,750 US employees: Reports

Microsoft is offering first-ever voluntary retirement to 7% of its US workforce (about 8,750 employees), reports said. The programme will be open to employees at senior-director level and below, with a combined age and years of employment of 70 or more. "We hope...this programme gives those eligible the choice to take...next step on their...terms," Chief People Officer Amy Coleman said.