Microsoft offers voluntary exit program to about 60,000 staff as Xbox participation remains unclear

Microsoft chief people officer Amy Coleman announced a Voluntary Exit Offer giving eligible employees financial support and career planning resources, with a spokesperson telling Business Insider about 60,000 staff, roughly 25 percent of the workforce, can take part. The offer covers employees at level 70 and below in Canada, India, the UK and the US, and some organizations have opted out, with no word yet on whether Xbox or its studios are included. Xbox began a restructuring this year that included a planned 3,200 job cuts, and Double Fine, Compulsion Games and Undead Labs have since gone independent while Arkane Lyon and Ninja Theory remain uncertain.