From Daily Mail: Microsoft is planning to cut thousands of jobs as it ramps up investments in artificial intelligence.
The cuts, which will hit sales roles in particular, are part of a broader effort to streamline the company’s workforce, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
The layoffs are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of the tech giant’s fiscal year, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Microsoft, the world’s largest company, is following up on its previous round of layoffs in May, which affected over 6,000 employees, mostly in product and engineering roles.
At the end of June 2024, Microsoft had a global workforce of 228,000.
Despite its market capitalization exceeding $3 trillion, Microsoft is seeking to control costs as it invests billions in its ambitious artificial intelligence project.
#Microsoft is planning to ax thousands of jobs, particularly in sales, as part of the company’s latest move to trim its workforce amid heavy spending on artificial intelligence
They also trimmed 6,000 in May$mfst #AI #ArtificialIntelligence pic.twitter.com/5DqQdWHOCS
— Susan Li (@SusanLiTV) June 18, 2025
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is planning to cut thousands of jobs next month. This is in addition to the 6,000 layoffs in May https://t.co/WTkIcZHurK
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 18, 2025
You’ve gotta be kidding!!!
Microsoft is about to lay off another 8,000 people on July 2.
That’s 14,000 jobs gone in 2 months…
– Not performance cuts
– Entire sales orgs getting wiped
– Mid-management? Done-zo
– 30% of Microsoft’s code is now AI-generatedAI is showing…
— Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) June 18, 2025
The information listed is from DailyMail.
