America ‘s leading tech company Microsoft is laying off 9000 employees, which will affect about 4 percent of the company’s total workforce. The company has started these layoffs in a new round of cost cutting.
Let us tell you that Microsoft is laying off people for the second time this year. The latest layoffs are being done at different departments, locations and levels of the company. A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed the layoff of 9000 employees. The spokesperson said, “We are taking these steps keeping in mind the organizational changes needed to better position the company and teams for success in today’s dynamic marketplace.”
The company has already fired 6000 employees this year
Microsoft said that these layoffs are a part of the company’s effort to better manage its operations, reduce management levels and improve overall efficiency. Let us tell you that earlier the company had also fired about 6000 employees in January, May and June. If this latest layoff is included, then the number of people losing jobs from Microsoft in the first 6 months of 2025 will exceed 15,000. After firing 9000 people, the total number of employees of Microsoft will be around 2,19,000.
Microsoft had laid off 10,000 people in 2023
According to media reports, this time the layoffs will have the biggest impact on the sales team. Apart from this, employees of other teams including Xbox will also be affected by this. Let us tell you that Microsoft has a long history of doing internal restructuring at the end of its financial year in June. The American company fired about 10,000 employees in the year 2023. But the layoffs of 2025 are going to be much bigger and more impressive than the layoffs in 2023. This year the company has already fired about 6000 employees and now 9000 employees are being laid off.
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