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Posted on 05/13/2025 3:10:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Microsoft on Tuesday began laying off nearly 3 percent of its total workforce — or about 6,000 employees.
“We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace.” a Microsoft spokesperson told The Hill in an emailed statement.
The Washington state-based tech company has a total of 228,000 workers globally, according to the corporation’s latest figures, with some 126,000 in the United States. Tuesday’s cuts will impact thousands.
The layoff notices have already gone out to some employees.
Microsoft also had layoffs earlier this year, initiating performance-based job cuts across multiple departments. The prominent tech company also let roughly 1,900 employees go at Activision Blizzard and Xbox in early 2024.
The latest layoffs mark the largest cuts at the tech company since Microsoft slashed about 10,000 positions, nearly 5 percent of its workforce, in January 2023.
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said during an earnings call in late April that “operating margins increased 1 point year over year to 46 percent, better than expected as we continue to focus on building high-performing teams and increasing our agility by reducing layers with fewer managers.”
The company, co-founded by billionaire Bill Gates, reported bringing in just more than $70 billion in revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The company’s net income was $25.8 billion, increasing by 18 percent.
“Cloud and [artificial intelligence] are the essential inputs for every business to expand output, reduce costs, and accelerate growth,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said April 30.
“From AI infra and platforms to apps, we are innovating across the stack to deliver for...”
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That’s one way Bill Gates can reduce the population he’s so “worried” about
HAL 9000: "Yes, I can do that, Dave."
Every org needs to do that periodically just to fix hiring mistakes.
Long live DOGE!
I used to be a contractor at Microsoft. These cuts are nothing. The average tenure of a Microsoft employee is about 4 years. That means 25% turnover every year. 3% cut is for Wall Street, but no practical impact on the company.
AI can code some good HTML...
Well, they no longer provide Win7 support.....
So the H1b’s will all be heading home to Mumbai??
Didn’t think so.
4 years? That usually means the company sucks bad!
4 years? That usually means the company sucks bad!
If you’re just starting your career at MS,
don’t saddle yourself with a house payment.
Pretty much means employees are an easily disposable and replaceable asset at Microsoft.
You can be sure Microsoft’s H1B / OPT petitions will continue.
I assume these layoffs are worldwide.
A I is really good at paper pushing.
Gates is continuing to screw his friends like he did when setting up Micro-.
“I assume these layoffs are worldwide.”
lol. Bet not. They’ve moved significant products to India already.
That’s the nice way of saying the company is looking for the cheaper labor. I’d guess they employ lots of foreign nationals.
microsoft does this every year, cutting those ranked lowest in productivity and/or utility ...
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