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The move is part of Microsoft’s broader efforts to streamline operations, reduce management layers, and enhance agility in a rapidly shifting technology and business landscape. The company has increasingly pivoted toward AI integration and productivity-focused tools,
Microsoft layoffs 2025 have shocked the tech world, as the company cuts 6,000 jobs—around 3% of its global workforce. Even Gabriela de Queiroz, Microsoft’s Director of AI for Startups, wasn’t spared.
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Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers Tuesday, nearly 3% of its entire workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence.
Microsoft cuts 7,000 jobs to prioritize AI investments. Layoffs impact LinkedIn, Xbox, and global offices as company streamlines operations.
Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, said the layoffs will be across all levels and geographies but the cuts will focus on reducing the number of managers.
Around 7,000 Microsoft workers could be losing their jobs – the biggest reduction since January 2023 when 10,000 workers left.
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024 and 2025.