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Microsoft announces big layoffs that will affect 10,000 employees | The Verge
January 18, 2023 - In a memo, Microsoft CEO Satya ... More than 800 employees have been notified today, but the entire 10,000 layoffs should be completed by the end of March....
Forbes
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What Microsoft’s Recent Layoffs Mean For The Company And Investors
January 25, 2023 - These layoffs come after all three businesses added to their payrolls during the pandemic years. Between June 2021 and 2022, Microsoft added more than 40,000 people to its payroll.
What is the real explanation behind 15,000 layoffs at Microsoft?
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July 6, 2025Microsoft has started layoffs today including Xbox positions
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CNBC
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Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees
January 18, 2023 - Microsoft said it's letting go of 10,000 employees and taking a $1.2 billion charge as the software maker braces for slower top-line growth.
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Microsoft Layoffs 2025: Severance Rights & Employee Guide
September 26, 2025 - Stay informed with Samfiru Tumarkin LLP's latest on employment law, disability & personal injury: media interviews, releases, and legal wins.
CRN
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Satya Nadella Confirms 10,000 Microsoft Layoffs | CRN
January 18, 2023 - In October 2022, Microsoft laid off less than 1,000 employees in various departments just days before its first quarterly earnings report for fiscal year 2023.
USA Today
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Microsoft layoffs: 10,000 employees affected; stock opens higher
January 18, 2023 - According to Bloomberg, which cited a person familiar with the matter, Microsoft will cut jobs in a number of engineering divisions. Inflation's cooling, rates are peaking: Is it time to buy stocks and bonds again?
CNN
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Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees, joining Amazon and other tech companies in job cuts | CNN Business
January 19, 2023 - A recent report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found tech layoffs were up 649% in 2022 compared to the previous year, versus just a 13% uptick in job cuts in the overall economy during the same period.
Quartz
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Microsoft is cutting 10,000 jobs in the latest round of tech layoffs
January 23, 2023 - ... January 4, 2023: Amazon anticipates job cuts for 18,000 employees, the largest round of layoffs in the company’s history. January 18, 2023: Microsoft says it plans to cut 10,000 jobs by the end of March.
Forbes
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Microsoft: Are Layoffs A Bad Sign For Investors?
October 27, 2022 - Around 1,000 employees will be impacted, according to the announcement. Microsoft is one of many companies laying off workers as it adjusts to the changing times. When a company announces layoffs...
Reuters
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Microsoft to shed 10,000 jobs, adding to glut of tech layoffs | Reuters
January 18, 2023 - Overall, in 2022, more than 97,000 job cuts in tech were announced, the highest for the sector since 2002, when 131,000 cuts were announced, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
TheLayoff
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Microsoft Corp. Layoffs - TheLayoff.com
November 10, 2025 - https://technode.com/2025/10/11/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-shanghai-azure-staff-amid-ongoing-global-restructuring/ Reports: Microsoft Shanghai Layoffs Offer N+4 Severance, Relocation to Australia...
Reddit
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r/ArtificialInteligence on Reddit: What is the real explanation behind 15,000 layoffs at Microsoft?
July 6, 2025 -
I need help understanding this article on Inc.
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/microsofts-xbox-ceo-just-explained-why-the-company-is-laying-off-9000-people-its-not-great/91209841
Between May and now Microsoft laid off 15,000 employees, stating, mainly, that the focus now is on AI. Some skeptics I’ve been talking to are telling me that this is just an excuse, that the layoffs are simply Microsoft hiding other reasons behind “AI First”. Can this be true? Can Microsoft be, say, having revenue/financial problems and is trying to disguise those behind the “AI First” discourse?
Are they outsourcing heavily? Or is it true that AI is taking over those 15,000 jobs? The Xbox business must demand a lot and a lot of programming (as must also be the case with most of Microsoft businesses. Are those programming and software design/engineering jobs being taken over by AI?
What I can’t fathom is the possibility that there were 15,000 redundant jobs at the company and that they are now directing the money for those paychecks to pay for AI infrastructure and won’t feel the loss of thee productivity those 15,00 jobs brought to the table unless someone (or something) else is doing it.
Any Microsoft people here can explain, please?
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Most likely because some person/s bonuses are tied to cost cutting or "productivity" targets that can be achieved through the lay-offs.
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https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/03/microsoft-lays-off-the-staff-who-make-the-money-to-fund-ai-that-doesnt/ Nadella is a true believer, and he is also wrong. They definitely aren't having revenue problems, but they want to throw so much money at AI that they have to make these layoffs to pay for building their Azure server farms. It's not that they think AI can replace those employees. It's that they think AI is going to make them so much money, it's worth cannibalising other parts of their business for in order to scale up the infrastructure as fast as possible.
Udonis
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Microsoft Layoffs: 20,000+ Jobs Lost in 4 Years
July 17, 2025 - In this article, we break down ... is headed next. From 2022 through 2025, Microsoft eliminated an estimated 20,000 to 22,000 jobs across the company....
Wikipedia
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2022–2025 video game industry layoffs
2 days ago - An estimated 45,000 jobs were lost from 2022 to July 2025. These layoffs had reverberating effects on both established and emerging games companies, impacting employees, projects, and the overall landscape of the games industry. Major job cuts took place at Embracer Group, Unity Technologies, ...
The Pragmatic Engineer
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The Scoop #36: Microsoft’s layoffs and its impact on the industry
January 19, 2023 - Microsoft’s layoffs. The tech giant announced eliminating 10,000 positions on Wednesday, which is about 5% of staff. The company made a $72B profit in 2022 - which is more than the revenue it had in 2011. So why does Microsoft need to do layoffs?
Blind
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Microsoft layoffs are just the beginning | Misc. - Blind
May 15, 2025 - This is routine imo. They are following companies like Goldman and Morgan Stanley now. It’s sad to say but tech is no longer what it used to be. It’s been clear since 2022
Al Jazeera
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Microsoft to lay off 10,000 people, increasing job cuts in tech | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera
January 18, 2023 - The layoffs represent less than five percent of the workforce, the United States-based company has said [File: Bloomberg] ... Microsoft Corp has said it will eliminate 10,000 jobs and take a $1.2bn charge as its cloud-computing customers dissect ...
Axios
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Microsoft layoffs October 2022: The tech giant cuts nearly 1,000 jobs
October 18, 2022 - Oct 17, 2022 - Technology · Ina ... Add Axios on Google · Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios · Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on Monday, Axios has confirmed....
TrueUp
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Layoffs Tracker - All Tech and Startup Layoffs
3 days ago - The latest layoffs across all tech companies.
AOL
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AI Layoffs Are Just Starting [Video]
1 month ago - Doug and Lee discussed the surge in announced layoffs, collapsing consumer confidence and the growing role of AI in long term job displacement across white collar fields.