Microsoft has announced that it will lay off more than 6,000 of its employees worldwide. The company management states that this move is being made as part of a restructuring. This development will be Microsoft’s largest wave of layoffs in recent years.
Microsoft will lay off exactly 6,000 people
The company’s total number of employees is at 228,000. It was reported that the layoffs are not limited to certain departments and will affect many important positions in international offices, including LinkedIn. The company emphasized in a statement that the change is “essential for success in a dynamic market.”
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood hinted in a speech she made in recent weeks that the management structure would be simplified. Hood stated that they aimed to create more agile and high-performance teams with fewer managers.
In addition to these layoffs, Microsoft implemented various staff reductions in 2025. In the first months of the year, hundreds of employees were dismissed based on performance. In 2024, 1,900 people were laid off from the Activision Blizzard and Xbox departments, and around 1,000 people from the HoloLens and Azure teams.
While the restructuring process continues among technology giants; This decision by Microsoft is seen as a step taken to balance costs, especially in the field of artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
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