微软向约 6 万名员工推出自愿离职买断方案，CFO 称预计只有不到 3000 人接受

IT House reported on October 29 that a Microsoft spokesperson revealed to Business Insider that the company offered voluntary severance compensation packages to more than a quarter of its employees this week, but it is expected that the number of final recipients will not exceed 3,000. On the 28th local time, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood reiterated this judgment in an internal memo and responded to employees’ questions about the reasons for the plan. "I know that some employees don't understand why we are launching a voluntary severance package this week. Our original intention is to allow employees who want to leave Microsoft to decide how to leave. Considering the career development opportunities provided by the company, we expect that very few people will accept the package." This memo is a financial report email sent by Hood to employees every quarter. When Microsoft announces quarterly results, she usually briefs internal employees on operations. Most of the previous emails just repeated the contents of the public financial reports, but because this week's severance compensation package has attracted widespread attention in the technology industry, Hood made a special explanation. Earlier this year, Microsoft also launched another voluntary retirement compensation package. At that time, about one-third of eligible employees chose to accept it, which also allowed Microsoft to reduce the number of subsequent layoffs. Microsoft said it doesn't expect that many people will take up the new plan launched this week. IT House attaches the full text of Microsoft's CFO internal memo as follows: Dear colleagues: This afternoon, we announced our first fiscal quarter financial report. The company's revenue rose 19% and operating profit rose 21%, both exceeding Wall Street expectations. As we enter fiscal 2027, we also made a significant change to how we segment our business in our financial reports. For the first time in 12 years, we have adjusted our business reporting structure and consolidated the original three business departments into two major departments: Intelligence and Infrastructure Business, Device and Consumer Business. The new division method is more in line with Microsoft's actual operating conditions. From product development, resource allocation, to how to create value for customers through the collaboration of various layers of platforms, it can be more accurately reflected. Calculated retrospectively based on the new structure, the intelligence and infrastructure business contributed approximately 81% of revenue in the last fiscal year, while the equipment and consumer business accounted for 19%.