Microsoft Says It’s Cutting 6,000 Workers Across the Company (3)

Microsoft Corp. said it will cut 6,000 workers across the company in an effort to reduce management layers.

The planned terminations will amount to less than 3% of total headcount and occur across geographies, employee levels and include LinkedIn, a spokesperson said.

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

Microsoft, which employed 228,000 people in June 2024, deploys periodic layoffs, often to reorient its headcount toward priority areas. The company laid off 10,000 people in January 2023, including personnel at the HoloLens augmented reality headset unit ...