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

June 4, 2024 - While reports have suggested Microsoft would cut as many 1,500 people just from its Azure for Operators group, The Register has been told that number is not accurate and is inflated.

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.

September 12, 2024 - Microsoft Gaming will lay off approximately 650 employees, or 3% of the Xbox owner's global workforce.

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.

A review of LinkedIn posts by Microsoft workers who said they were caught up in the layoffs reveals that some of the eliminated jobs include solutions associates, direct sales associates, program managers and success managers.

July 8, 2024 - Microsoft initiated a fresh round of layoffs this week in an ongoing effort to “streamline its workforce.” The exact number of layoffs is undisclosed. However, they have undoubtedly affected various geographical locations and teams.

August 1, 2024 - Posts on LinkedIn from affected employees show that the layoffs have hit those in product and program management roles. Officially, Microsoft has not announced a new round of layoffs.

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 19, 2024 - According to the latest reports, the Microsoft layoffs included workers in its product and program management departments. This comes after the end of the company’s fiscal year on June 30. It makes sense that Microsoft would enter a new fiscal year with layoffs.

August 28, 2024 - According to the tracker Layoffs.fyi, tech companies have laid off more than 124,000 employees as of August 20, 2024, taking the overall tally of layoffs since 2022 to 428,449. A combination of factors including cost cutting to invest in the ...

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.

5 days ago - Microsoft said the layoffs will be across all levels, teams and geographies but the cuts focus on reducing the number of managers. The mass layoffs come weeks after Microsoft reported strong sales and profits that beat expectations for the ...

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.

July 5, 2024 - The tech industry is experiencing ... to Layoffs.fyi, a platform monitoring tech layoffs. Over 330 companies worldwide have laid off employees in the first half of 2024, including prominent firms like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Meta....

July 2, 2025 - In January, it cut less than 1% of headcount based on performance. The 50-year-old software company slashed more than 6,000 jobs in May and then at least 300 more in June. As of June 2024 it employed 228,000 people.

December 24, 2024 - Last year's job cuts weren't the end of layoffs. Further reductions continue in 2024. Companies like Flagstar Bank, Meta, PwC, Tesla, Google, Microsoft, and Nike have all announced cuts.

August 5, 2024 - The company intends to carry out most of the layoffs by the end of 2024 and will provide eligible employees with options for voluntary retirement or departure. In June, Microsoft reduced its workforce by around 1,000 employees in the mixed reality ...

May 13, 2025 - Microsoft on Tuesday said it's cutting 3% of its workforce across the board. The layoffs are expected to impact all levels and geographies, but will focus on reducing management levels, the company said in a statement.