Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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Microsoft has offered voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees, more than a quarter of its global workforce.
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Microsoft → log → workforce
The offer was made to around 27% of the software giant's staff worldwide, according to Amy Coleman, the company's Chief People Officer.
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offer → make → Coleman
Coleman announced the move in a blog post on Monday and said that the voluntary exit offer was open to eligible employees in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and India.
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offer → announce → States
“The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us,” Coleman wrote.
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Coleman → write → us
“We’ll learn from it.
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We → learn → it
At the same time, we’ll keep helping people focus on the work that matters most, build new skills and, where it makes sense, find new opportunities across Microsoft.”
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it → keep → Microsoft
Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, had approximately 223,000 full-time employees at the end of June.
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Microsoft → base → June
The company is due to publish its quarterly financial results on Wednesday.
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company → publish → Wednesday
Its shares hit an all-time high this month, and the stock rose about 1% on Monday.
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stock → hit → Monday
The buyout plan is far larger than one previously reported for the company's US operations.
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plan → report → operations
In May, Microsoft planned to offer buyouts to about 8,750 people, or 7% of its US workforce, according to two people familiar with the plan who were not authorized to speak about it publicly.
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who → plan → it
In July, the company said it was cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business.
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it → say → business
The buyouts come as Microsoft spends heavily on artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft → come → intelligence
The gusher of investment in data centers – likely topping $700 billion this year – to power artificial intelligence has made memory chips, computer processors and other equipment, as well as electricity, more expensive.
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chips → top → intelligence
Economists expect it will continue to push up inflation at least through the end of this year.
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it → expect → year
Microsoft has been ramping up its AI capabilities for several years.
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Microsoft → ramp → years
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