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Microsoft India offers one-month salary exit package
Business Standard·
Microsoft said India staff picked for voluntary retirement get one month of base salary for each completed year of service. Health cover and career transition help are included. Selected employees decide by December 1. Globally nearly 60,000 workers are covered, about 25 percent of 223,000 staff, at level 70 and below in Canada, India, the UK and the US.
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What It Means For You
- Only employees selected for the India programme receive the package, with a December 1 decision date.
- Microsoft did not disclose how many India staff are covered by the voluntary scheme.
- The company said it still hired 1,600 people between October 19 and 23.
What's Happening
- Chief people officer Amy Coleman framed the exits as flexibility for employees shaping next chapters.
- The India package mirrors the standard severance described for the global voluntary programme.
- A spokesperson tied India investment plans to $20.5 billion committed between 2025 and 2029.
AI Hiring Alongside Exits
- Microsoft said it remains on track to equip 20 million people in India with AI skills by 2030.
- Coleman said some firms hire fewer early-career staff because of AI, while Microsoft wants them.
- The voluntary offer landed as firms worldwide use AI efficiency drives to cut or reshape headcount.
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