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Microsoft is offering a Voluntary Exit Offer to roughly 60,000 employees at vice president level and below across select teams in the US, Canada, India and the UK, according to Business Insider and Bloomberg reports. Workers in data centers, sales and marketing are excluded, and those who accept will reportedly get benefits similar to a standard severance package. Chief People Officer Amy Coleman described the offer in an internal note as giving employees 'a new choice' to leave with support.