Microsoft layoffs: Tech giant’s job cuts stretch into 2025, now focusing on performance
Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to fall short of its standards.
Microsoft Announces Layoffs In 2025 Amid Restructuring And Performance Concerns
As 2025 begins, Microsoft has confirmed a fresh round of job cuts across various departments, citing performance issues
Microsoft to Lay Off 1% Underperforming Workforce, Likely to Impact 2,000 Employees
Microsoft’s overall headcount will not change much as it will soon fill the vacant positions, said the company’s spokesperson
Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees
The moves are part of a broader change in Microsoft's approach, which includes taking a harder look at low performers, sources told BI.
Microsoft confirms performance-based job cuts across departments
Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a press briefing on the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments,
Microsoft announces job cuts, plans to axe 1% of underperforming workforce in 2025: Report
Microsoft has announced new performance-based layoffs affecting less than 1% of its global workforce of 228,000 employees. The company’s focus on “high-performance talent” drives these actions, which span multiple departments,
Microsoft plans performance-based layoffs across the company
The job cuts follow multiple rounds of layoffs within the company's gaming division last year. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is planning a round of performance-based layoffs, the company confirmed to the Business Journal Wednesday.
Microsoft to implement fresh layoffs, targeting underperforming employees: Report
According to reports, Microsoft is set to implement job cuts focused on underperformers, affecting several departments. The company is reportedly committed to retaining high performers and replacing vacated roles,
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