Voluntary departuresThe company does not cite AI
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees
Microsoft · United States, Canada, India, United Kingdom · Announced on 26 October 2026
About 60,000 eligible employees, a quarter of the workforce
Voluntary exit offer with severance, open until early December to employees at vice-president level and below. Microsoft speaks of adapting its teams to changing needs and does not cite AI as the reason. No expected number of departures has been published.
Sources :The Seattle Times, via Honolulu Star-AdvertiserKPTV
Job cutsThe company cites AI
Oracle: 21,000 fewer jobs in a year, the company cites AI
Oracle · Worldwide · Announced on 22 June 2026
About 21,000 fewer jobs in a year (almost 13% of the workforce)
Full-time headcount fell from 162,000 to 141,000 in a year. Oracle links the restructuring to deploying AI across its operations and warns that further reductions may follow.
« adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations »
Oracle, rapport annuel 2026, cité par Forbes
Sources :Forbes
Job cutsThe company cites AI
Lufthansa: 4,000 administrative jobs cut by 2030, the company cites AI
Lufthansa · Mostly Germany · Announced on 29 September 2025
4,000 administrative jobs by 2030
4,000 administrative jobs to be cut by 2030, mostly in Germany, in consultation with social partners. Lufthansa cites digitalisation and the increased use of AI.
« the increased use of artificial intelligence »
Communiqué du groupe Lufthansa, 29 septembre 2025
Related jobs : Office clerk
Sources :Reuters, via RTÉHCA Magazine