Brad Smith

Money Moves

Oversees public and regulatory affairs

Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce. Eligible staff at level 70 and below in four countries must decide by early December, and those who accept leave December 31.

Updated Nov 2

Rule Changes

Publicly rejecting the administration's fraud allegations against Microsoft

Eight technology companies still cannot sponsor foreign workers for green cards. The Labor Department is taking no new PERM applications from Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Capgemini, and is not processing the ones already filed.

Updated Oct 26

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Leading Microsoft's consumer cost protection initiative

For decades, American households paid roughly the same share of electricity costs regardless of which industries were expanding. AI data centers have broken that arrangement.

Updated May 20