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Tech giant Microsoft has announced a further 6,000 staff layoffs after a year of continual job losses. The move will shrink the company’s workforce by approximately three percent.
Microsoft announced this Tuesday that it would be letting go of more than 6,000 staff, shrinking its workforce by roughly three percent.
It’s the biggest cuts at the tech giant since 2023, when 10,000 employees were let go. This latest move will affect various different sectors across the company and will not be based on individual performance, Microsoft said.
In a statement to various publications including The Verge and CNBC, the company explained; ‘We continue to implement organisational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic workplace.’
This news is at odds with Microsoft’s financial results. For the first quarter of 2025, it reported $25.8 billion USD in net income, which was better than anticipated. The company also published an optimistic forecast late last month, with shares jumping 9%.
Microsoft has been cutting back jobs for some time now. It received a fair amount of flack for letting go of 1,900 Blizzard and Xbox employees last summer, as well as closing studios it had recently acquired as part of its $75 billion USD Activision deal. The gaming industry in general was hit hard with firings in 2024, with Microsoft largely at the helm.
The company’s HoloLens and Azure cloud teams were also hit with 1,000 layoffs last June.
Microsoft has recently suggested that it is restructuring its management divisions to ‘focus on building high-performance teams and increasing our agility.’
Inside sources say that those affected by the cuts will be on payroll for 60 days and will still be eligible for rewards and bonuses.
