July 3, 2025 - Microsoft lays off 15,000+ in 2025 to fund its $80B AI pivot—an aggressive bet with massive risks, rewards, and ethical questions.

September 11, 2025 - The Microsoft Redmond job cuts add up to around 42 workers, but this brings the number of cuts among Washington-based employees to over 3,200, and the total number of employees affected by layoffs since May 2025 to over 15,000.

1 week ago - Companies such as Verizon, Starbucks, Meta, Microsoft, and UPS have trimmed staff this year. Amazon joined the fray in October, announcing that it would cut roughly 14,000 staff. See the list of companies letting workers go in 2025.

August 7, 2025 - Headquarters Reduction Redmond, Washington ceased to be a multifunctional engineering center. From March 2024 to August 2025, Redmond experienced over 60% reduction in old job roles.

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July 3, 2025 - Microsoft is conducting another round of layoffs in 2025, targeting around 4% of its workforce across divisions and sectors. Microsoft’s July cuts come just as the company enters its 2026 fiscal year with reorganization efforts leading the ...

July 2, 2025 - Multiple employees confirmed to Business Insider that the layoffs have begun. One affected employee said they have until July 8 to sign a severance agreement, after which they'll receive 60 days of paid leave.

September 9, 2025 - This time, it’s not thousands of employees, but just over 40 roles in Redmond (via Seattle Times). Even so, it marks the fifth consecutive month of job cuts in 2025, bringing the total to more than 15,000 employees ...

November 11, 2025 - Microsoft has laid off thousands of workers this year. Seven alums have learned that job security doesn't exist in the white-collar world.

July 3, 2025 - Microsoft has initiated three other rounds of redundancies so far in 2025, including in May when it said it would cut 6,000 roles.

July 3, 2025 - Microsoft says it is cutting thousands of jobs in its second round of mass layoffs in recent months. While it is unclear whether or not any Canadian jobs will be lost, the union representing 120 gaming industry workers employed by Microsoft ...

4 days ago - Some of the world's biggest tech companies cited AI as part of their layoff and restructuring strategy in 2025.

May 14, 2025 - Microsoft is laying off 3% of its workforce, which impacts thousands of employees, reports say.

Thus far, Microsoft company management has not admitted openly to any connection between the layoffs this year and the introduction and development of generative AI technologies. However, media observers, analysts and online commenters generally take it as a given that the job cuts are part of a large-scale restructuring of the tech industry related to AI. The company plans to invest $80 billion in AI-related development in fiscal year 2025 alone.

January 15, 2025 - This latest round of layoffs was first reported by Business Insider and CNBC, who received confirmation from a Microsoft spokesperson about the upcoming layoffs. “At Microsoft we focus on high-performance talent,” the Microsoft spokesperson said in an email. “We are always working on helping people learn and grow. When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action.” · Microsoft's stock has been on the downturn throughout the end of December and coming into January 2025.

May 13, 2025 - It's likely Microsoft's largest job purge since it said goodbye to 10,000 employees in 2023.

$25.8 billion net income (up 18%) [Directions on Microsoft] ... Yet 6,000 people got cut. Why? Because profit isn’t the goal – efficiency and future positioning is. ... “Building high-performing teams and increasing our agility by reducing ...