July 2, 2025 - The announcement comes on the second day of Microsoft's 2026 fiscal year. Executives at the Redmond, Washington-based company typically unveil reorganizations at the time of the new fiscal year. "We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company and teams for success in a dynamic marketplace," a Microsoft spokesperson said in an email. Microsoft has held several rounds of layoffs ...

September 10, 2025 - Microsoft joins Google, Meta, and Amazon in 3-day office return amid layoffs

From what we can gather, each January (since 2023) brought mass layoffs to Microsoft, sort of "carried over" from December if not November as well (it's considered tactless and "bad karma" to lay off workers around holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas).

July 4, 2025 - All that sounds great, but Microsoft is also set to lay off approximately 9,000 employees this week. Microsoft’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, so these layoffs coincide with the start of its fiscal year 2026.

July 4, 2025 - The cuts, announced at the start of Microsoft’s 2026 fiscal year, mark the company's largest redundancy programme since October 2023 when 10,000 employees were laid off.

July 2, 2025 - The Microsoft layoffs, which will account for 4% of the software giant's workforce, arrive on the second day of the 2026 fiscal year. They will occur across different teams, geographies and levels of experience, a person familiar with the matter ...

August 18, 2025 - While Microsoft will offer an exception process, the criteria for approval are currently unclear. The move aligns the company with other tech giants like Google and Meta, which have also tightened their remote work rules. The timing is notable, as it follows a year of significant layoffs and comes amid reports of low employee morale, despite Microsoft's strong quarterly profits.

1 week ago - Amazon is getting all the layoff headlines, but Microsoft employees are saying the same things internally. January is the focus. Especially the 3rd week, ahead of the Jan 28 earnings call. That timing isn’t random. In Jan 2023, Microsoft announced layoffs mid-January before earnings.

October 30, 2025 - Not saying there won’t be layoffs going forward, just that Msft was the one that actually lead the cuts. Everyone mentions 15K layoffs but people forget about the mini layoffs that have happened in Jan and the terminations that have been going on.

In 2026 (as soon as it starts) there will be plenty more Microsoft layoffs. We'll report on those as well as possible. If people sympathetic towards Microsoft engage in online crimes to suppress our coverage of Microsoft layoffs, we shall again escalate to the relevant authorities.

July 2, 2025 - The layoffs, which will affect employees across different teams, geographies and levels of experience, come on the second day of Microsoft’s 2026 fiscal year, CNBC reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

September 11, 2025 - ... ... Microsoft continues down the warpath, making cuts both big and small across its organization for the fifth month in a row. The Microsoft layoffs this time are minor, with only around 42 jobs being axed in Redmond.

July 3, 2025 - Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

July 3, 2025 - Harshest of all, Microsoft’s layoffs in 2025 continue to escalate as many employees are caught in the crossfire of reorganization efforts. With the start of its 2026 fiscal year, Microsoft’s job reduction efforts will affect 9,000 workers or ...

Microsoft Corp. Layoffs: Downsizing related discussion, postings, questions and answers.

CEO Satya Nadella said the layoffs are part of a company-wide restructuring and pivot towards AI.

September 9, 2025 - Microsoft Copilot Copilot Benchmarks will tell your boss if you’re using AI enough ... The company is investing $80 billion in AI, but it faces criticism amid ongoing job eliminations in a shift towards automation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. ... It’s a new month, and unfortunately, that means even more layoffs at Microsoft.

January 15, 2025 - A one percent cut, though it sucks for those losing their employment, is normally not worth mentioning, but we'll do so today so that if anyone hears word of the layoffs, they'll now know the full extent and context.

1 day ago - Plans to cut roughly 10% of its workforce and close several sites as part of a restructuring tied to its recent acquisition of Ansys, The Wall Street Journal reported. The layoffs, which are expected to affect about 2,000 employees, are scheduled ...