The Alex Jones Show Live - October 29, 2026


Microsoft Buyout Plan To Cut Costs And Fund AI Investment

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Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

156.37

Word count

610

Sentence count

32


Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From today, Microsoft offers to buy out 60,000 employees to contain costs.
00:00:08.480 Microsoft said on Monday it's offering a voluntary buyout to around 60,000 employees or more than a quarter of its global workforce as a technology giant looks to contain costs and help fund its massive AI investments.
00:00:21.620 Staffers across the Windows Maker would be eligible for the offers, including those working in AI experiences, co-pilot, finance, human resources, Xbox, and Windows Plus devices.
00:00:31.740 A source familiar with the matter told the Reuters requesting anonymity as the matter was private.
00:00:36.240 Units such as marketing, commercial business, and security will be excluded, the source said.
00:00:40.540 60,000 people basically being laid off.
00:00:45.060 They're calling it a buyout, but it means the job is going away.
00:00:48.040 And they're just, I guess they save so much money by bringing in globally sourced scab labor from India that they can offer a giant, you know, package to the people who are quitting to make room for the scab workers.
00:01:04.320 But at the same time that they are buying out 60,000 employees here in America, this video drops.
00:01:12.120 It's an exclusive leak from yesterday, 10-28, Microsoft company-wide AMA meeting got leaked.
00:01:18.800 Let's go to clip number four here, where at the same time as they are laying off or buying out 60,000 employees in America,
00:01:25.480 they are talking about working with the government to bring in the maximum number of foreign people to take those jobs.
00:01:31.960 Let's watch.
00:01:32.340 You know, we are going to be global and we are going to support the global talent movement.
00:01:41.140 And we want to bring more talent into the United States, as a specific example, given the question.
00:01:47.820 And, you know, we're going to work hard to make sure that we continue to be able to do that.
00:01:51.960 But on the most recent announcements, we are working with the U.S. administration to get clarity.
00:02:02.560 I think we said publicly, I encourage you to look at Brad Smith's comments.
00:02:11.420 We're not sure that everyone's looked at the right data with some of the comments that were made last month.
00:02:20.400 And so we're working to kind of share what we see as the data and explain things.
00:02:26.480 And so there's a bunch of work going on that Brad Smith and the SELA team is driving on that.
00:02:31.320 And then the most important thing is that we work with the individuals
00:02:33.560 because every individual that's on a visa or has applied for a visa or is applying for a green card,
00:02:41.000 everyone's situation is slightly different based on their current status.
00:02:44.740 And we just want to recognize it's super important that we take care of the people.
00:02:49.040 There's the programs and there's kind of the broader support that we want to do broadly.
00:02:56.840 But at the end of the day, each person is an individual that has an individual situation.
00:03:02.940 And so if you are impacted or you're worried, definitely encourage you to work with our HR and our SEALA team.
00:03:09.840 And we have dedicated resources to work with you specifically to help with your particular circumstance.
00:03:19.940 And we're very committed to both continuing to support and we will always support global talent.
00:03:26.420 And then it's super important that we take care of our people.
00:03:30.080 And so we're going to make sure that we work directly with anyone that's impacted or has concerns about being impacted
00:03:35.420 to make sure that we can continue to sponsor and continue to support you and your families.
00:03:43.620 So he's not talking about the American workers.
00:03:46.440 He's saying we need to support and give everything they need to the foreign green card holders who come across.