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A commentary highlights that skilled trade jobs—such as electricians and manufacturing workers—remain undervalued in public perception despite their importance to infrastructure and industry. The piece contrasts the prestige attached to white-collar careers like business degrees with the lesser regard given to trade professions.
A Reporters' Notebook video segment examines themes from Cybersecurity Awareness Month, including the use of artificial intelligence to improve security training and efforts to prepare upcoming workforces for new types of digital risk. The discussion touches on how organizations are adapting awareness programs to address emerging threats.
Microsoft has offered voluntary buyout packages to roughly 60,000 workers, more than a quarter of its total staff, as an alternative to layoffs. The move follows a broader trend of companies turning to voluntary exit programs to reduce headcount rather than conducting forced job cuts.
A new analysis argues that most companies are approaching workforce planning backward by starting with headcount cuts or hiring freezes rather than first assessing how AI will reshape specific roles and skills. It outlines a sequence of steps leadership teams should take before making major staffing decisions tied to AI adoption.
A new workplace survey examined how different generations feel about their jobs, measuring both genuine dissatisfaction and the tendency to mask unhappiness at work. The results show that one generation stands out as significantly less content with their careers than others, countering assumptions that younger workers are the most disengaged.
Microsoft has extended a voluntary exit offer to about 60,000 employees across the US, Canada, India and the UK, covering workers at experience level 70 or below. Executive vice president Amy Coleman announced the program on the company blog, describing it as building on an earlier voluntary retirement offer from April that was open to about 7% of US staff and saw over 30% uptake. Eligible employees are being notified by email with program details.
Microsoft's Chief People Officer Amy Coleman told staff the company is offering voluntary exit packages to roughly a quarter of its workforce, covering select employees at level 70 and below in the U.S., U.K., Canada and India. A company spokesperson said the terms mirror standard severance, including tenure-based pay, stock, health care and career services, and that eligibility was set by individual organization leaders, excluding groups like sales.
Microsoft has introduced a voluntary buyout program for workers in several of its large business divisions, giving them a limited window of a few weeks to decide whether to accept. The move is part of the company's broader effort to cut costs.
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.
Researchers surveyed roughly 250,000 public-sector workers to examine how generative AI is being adopted inside government agencies. The findings show that while some employees report productivity gains from AI tools, many others remain uncertain about how to apply the technology to their jobs, how to use it properly, or whether they are permitted to use it at all.
Barclays has become the latest major company to reduce its workforce, citing efficiency gains tied to artificial intelligence investment. The move follows a pattern across industries this year where firms are cutting jobs or slowing hiring while redirecting spending toward AI infrastructure and capabilities.
eBay plans to cut roughly 1,000 jobs, or 9% of its workforce, according to a memo from CEO Jamie Iannone. The company had 12,300 employees at the end of last year and already cut about 800 jobs, or 6% of staff, in February. Iannone said affected employees would be notified in the coming days.