January 2, 2024 - Microsoft laid off 10k a year ago and just recently opened up a handful of open positions to hire. I doubt there will be any other significant layoffs, if anything they’ll just not hire anyone and let natural attrition take its course.

Feb 3rd 2024] Just wanted to drop a little hello. The reports of my demise from Blind are greatly exaggerated. I’m still here and continuing the grind at the peanut factory. I’ve been laying low because, as I mentioned earlier, there are no major layoff plans that I’m aware of.

May 8, 2024 - Quite interesting day i must confess, laid off today at Microsoft, the usual script, manager request 1-on-1 suddenly joins in the call add HR person and boom your role is being eliminated. I was thrown in shock. Please let me know if your team is hiring and I would DM you, on H1b so on a time crunch. Severance was 1week of pay for every 6 months worked thought this was 2. TC:220K >>>> 0k #layoff #severance

April 1, 2025 - While reasons for why layoffs happen naturally vary, one common reason for large swaths of layoffs typically has to do with resource allocation. If a business realizes they must move funds or jobs to different initiatives, for example, restructuring could occur. Sources such as R&D World announced findings that AI drove significant restructuring across technology sectors, specifically noting that Microsoft’s Azure team cuts in 2024 were enacted while sustaining an AI development focus.

September 1, 2025 - Hey man, in second performance review of 2024, I got 60% and zero awards. Fast forward to Feb 2025 my manager moved my 1:1 and invited the HR. HR informed me I was terminated. No reason. Nothing. My access was taken away in an hour and I was removed from the payroll in 1 week after.

December 15, 2023 - Why BlindBlogCareersNewsroomUpdates · PrivacyTermsCommunity GuidelinesFAQs · 2024 Teamblind Inc. Tech IndustryDec 14, 2023 · MicrosoftgVYU62 · Layoffs coming up next Month in the tech industry (???). Let's not forget how 2023 started. Be prepared. Meanwhile, Happy Holidays If you are on a visa, have a great time this month.

Because performance related discharges instead of layoffs means they can bypass the layoff check box or avoid doing a "PERM pause" anything to avoid marking Yes they had a layoff in last 6 months on the 9089 to get their H-1B a green card. When you m...

1500+ affected in Azure today. Know several SDEs impacted in my network based in Redmond. https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-cuts-azure-jobs-cloud-2024-6

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...

November 29, 2022 - Microsoft has been doing stealth mode layoffs for 2-3 quarters now. They realized it never makes it to the press if they keep numbers low.

July 4, 2024 - by Taylor Soper on Jul 3, 2024 at 12:32 pmJuly 3, 2024 at 8:30 pm ... The Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft conducted another round of layoffs this week in the latest workforce reduction implemented by the Redmond tech giant this year.

July 2, 2025 - July 2024: Microsoft is cutting product and program management roles as it aims to maintain profit margins.

January 17, 2023 - Quit the paranoia about layoffs and do your damn jobs. ... Nothing has been announced in the company. So, don't bother asking the employees. Your guess is as good as ours :-). Updated: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/18/subject-focusing-on-our-short-and-long-term-opportunity/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-cut-thousands-jobs-sky-news-2023-01-17/

I saw this post on LinkedIn and totally feel the pain of being laid off 2x. He was laid off first by Cruise and now by Microsoft. How can anyone NOT be tired of this layoff shit? How is it even helping those companies execute? Really disgusting and i...

May 13, 2025 - Microsoft is laying off approximately 6,000 employees, or 3% of its global workforce (based on a headcount of 228,000 as of June 2024). Microsoft’s severance package reportedly includes 12 weeks’ base pay plus 2 weeks per year of tenure, ...

No severance and immediate termination is pretty brutal https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-layoffs-satya-nadellas-company-fires-employees-with-immediate-effect-denies-severance-pay/amp-11738377574062.html ... https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-cuts-another-4-of-its-workforce-about-9000-jobs-in-continued-push-for-efficiency/ 9000 gone from Microsoft as of today @Microsoft -- how are you guys feeling? Anything you can share with the rest of Blind?

July 3, 2025 - While the company didn't specify the exact number of people who would be losing their jobs, it did say it was less than four per cent of its total workforce, which would be about 9,000 people at most.

May 14, 2025 - The news marks the latest wave of tech company layoffs in recent years, including several rounds of cuts at Microsoft. The tech giant cut 10,000 jobs in 2023, and roughly 1,900 people were axed from its Activision Blizzard and Xbox divisions in 2024.

January 26, 2024 - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/25/microsoft-lays-off-1900-workers-nearly-9percent-of-gaming-division-after-activision-blizzard-acquisition.html ... The economy is literally getting stronger* https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/26/cnbc-daily-open-what-recession-the-us-economy-kept-growing.html

January 8, 2024 - Yes but there will be less than last year. The factors inducing the layoffs are still present. But companies are now leaner and trimmed most of the fat.