Microsoft employees learn details of voluntary retirement package: Here’s what the company is offering

A Microsoft-branded beanie at the company store at the tech giant’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft employees eligible for the company’s first-ever voluntary retirement program are learning the details of the package Thursday morning, including the size of cash payments, length of healthcare coverage, and vesting of stock awards if they take the company’s offer. As described in an internal summary viewed by GeekWire, lump-sum cash payments will range f