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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,886 posts) Tue May 13, 2025, 03:40 PM May 2025

Microsoft laying off 3% of its staff, leaving thousands without a job

More cuts are coming to Microsoft. The company reported it is planning to cut approximately 3% of its global workforce.

Microsoft stated the cuts are not related to performance, but instead an effort to reduce layers of management. Microsoft had 228,000 employees worldwide as of last June. While unconfirmed, this is gearing up to be the company’s biggest round of layoffs since 2023, when Microsoft let 10,000 employees go.

“We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC.

There is no word on when the new layoffs will officially take place.

https://mynorthwest.com/local/microsoft-staff-layoffs/4087019

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Microsoft laying off 3% of its staff, leaving thousands without a job (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 OP

My wife was one of the victims. Tripper11 May 2025 #1

I only hope these assholes live to be old and sick and in pain Walleye May 2025 #2

Friend of mine was just let go Krazy_Kat May 2025 #3

Ooof..that will hit even harder Tripper11 May 2025 #4

Link to The Hill nitpicked May 2025 #5

Their CEO recently announced that up to 30% of code is written by AI. Renew Deal May 2025 #6

Tripper11

(4,459 posts)

1. My wife was one of the victims.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2025, 03:44 PM

May 2025

I was about to go into a meeting this morning when she called. I had already seen the push alerts about the layoffs. She was crying and I knew right away. FUCK.
Her last day is Friday, she will get severance and unemployment, so hopefully that will bridge the gap.
She is very skilled at what she does, but she is 56 too, which a lot of you know that that makes it much harder to land a fulltime position.