AOL, which now employs 6,900 workers, is asking for 2,500 volunteers to accept buyouts and plans to resort to layoffs if it does not get enough people.
The voluntary offer is open to all employees from Dec. 4 though Dec. 11, AOL spokeswoman Tricia Primrose said. Time Warner, the New York media conglomerate, plans to spin AOL off as a separate company, AOL Inc., on Dec. 9.
