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.

Microsoft is set to lay off 6,000 workers, amounting to nearly 3 per cent of its global workforce, The Guardian reported.The company, which employed 228,000 full-time workers as of June 2024, did not provide specific details on the positions being cut.

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.

After months of public pressure, OpenAI walked back part of its effort to create a more conventional for-profit company, but its restructuring plans still have not received the blessing of a major stakeholder: Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft stated the cuts are not related to performance, but instead an effort to reduce layers of ... up to be the company’s biggest round of layoffs since 2023, when Microsoft let 10,000 ...

Microsoft is laying off around 3% of its global workforce, impacting more than 6,800 employees across various roles, teams, and regions. With a total headcount of 228,000 as of June, this marks the company’s largest round of job cuts since it eliminated 10,000 positions in 2023. The layoffs are part of a broader effort to reshape the organization.