Microsoft confirms more job cuts on top of 10,000 layoffs announced in January

Microsoft confirmed connected Monday that it's eliminating further jobs, a week aft the commencement of its 2024 fiscal year.

The cuts are successful summation to the downsizing announced successful January that resulted successful 10,000 layoffs. The bundle shaper besides disclosed a tiny fig of cuts this clip past year. GeekWire reported connected the latest cuts earlier connected Monday.

Amazon, Google and different ample exertion companies person besides scaled backmost this twelvemonth aft adding headcount rapidly to conscionable rising request during the Covid pandemic. Microsoft has said successful caller months that clients are looking for ways to prevention wealth connected their unreality computing bill.

A Microsoft spokesperson declined to specify the fig of cuts successful the latest round. In January, CEO Satya Nadella issued a memo, indicating that the institution would alteration up its hardware lineup and consolidate leases.

Microsoft filed a announcement connected Monday saying it would chopped 276 radical successful its location authorities of Washington. Of those, 66 are virtual.

Salespeople and customer-success reps posted messages connected societal networks to denote that they their mislaid their jobs.

"Organizational and workforce adjustments are a indispensable and regular portion of managing our business," the spokesperson said successful an email. "We volition proceed to prioritize and put successful strategical maturation areas for our aboriginal and successful enactment of our customers and partners."

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