Microsoft Sacks 300 Staff As Job Cut Hits 6,300
Microsoft has laid off over 300 employees as part of a fresh round of job cuts.
The latest layoffs, disclosed through a notice filed in Washington state, affected several hundred positions across various departments.
However, the tech company did not specify which units were impacted, the publication said.
Citing a notice, the report said a spokesperson for Microsoft described the move as a “recalibration” in response to shifting business priorities and a fast-changing tech landscape.
“We continue to implement organisational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” the spokesperson said.
The latest layoffs add to the 6,000 jobs the company cut last month.
At the time, Microsoft clarified that the move was not performance-related but intended to reduce layers of management.
The recent job cuts come a month after Microsoft announced the official shutdown of Skype, its video and messaging platform, which had been running for over two decades.
Microsoft had 228,000 employees globally as of June 2024.
In 2023, the tech giant said it would lay off about 10,000 or 5 per cent of its workforce, citing “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities”.
Microsoft Sacks 300 Staff As Job Cut Hits 6,300 is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
