Microsoft Is Set To Cut Jobs As Big Tech Layoffs Surge Into The New Year

The tech industry's layoff inclination complete nan past less years whitethorn proceed into 2025.

According to a caller study by Business Insider, Microsoft will beryllium cutting positions crossed nan institution "soon" and will attraction connected underperforming labour successful various roles, including security.

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to nan outlet that cuts were imminent but didn't proviso specifications connected really galore labour would suffer their jobs, aliases when.

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"At Microsoft, we attraction connected high-performance talent," nan spokesperson told Business Insider. "We are ever moving connected helping group study and grow. When group are not performing, we return nan owed action."

The spokesperson too told nan outlet that nan institution usually backfills trim positions.

In nan summertime of 2024, Microsoft had astir 228,000 full-time employees.

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The tech manufacture has been laying labour disconnected successful a ample measurement since 2022.

In 2024, location were astir 151,484 labour laid disconnected from 542 tech companies, according to TechCrunch and layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks business layoffs.