Microsoft Cuts Thousands of Jobs While Expanding AI Investments
- Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it will cut about 3% of its global workforce, affecting all levels and locations.
- This decision follows earlier smaller, performance-based layoffs in January and aligns with broader tech sector cost reductions.
- The company aims to reduce management layers while maintaining strong investment in artificial intelligence and growing cloud services.
- As of the end of June, Microsoft had a workforce of 228,000 full-time employees, so the planned layoffs are expected to impact approximately 6,000 to 7,000 individuals, according to a company spokesperson.
- These layoffs represent Microsoft's largest reductions since eliminating 10,000 jobs in early 2023 despite recent better-than-expected quarterly results.
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