- Microsoft has laid off over 300 employees.
- The cuts follow 6,000 layoffs in May and aim to reduce management layers.
- This comes after the recent shutdown of Skype.
Microsoft has laid off over 300 employees in its latest round of job cuts.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the latest layoffs affected several hundred positions across various departments.
According to Bloomberg, the job cuts were disclosed through a notice filed in Washington state.
The publication, however, noted that the tech company did not specify which units were impacted.
The report, which cited a notice, said a spokesperson for Microsoft described the move as a “recalibration” in response to shifting business priorities and a fast-changing tech landscape.
The spokesperson said, “We continue to implement organisational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace.”
The latest job cuts add to the 6,000 jobs the tech giant laid off in May.
Microsoft, earlier clarified that the move was not performance-related but intended to reduce layers of management.
The tech giant said, “… one objective is to reduce layers of management.”
This latest job cut comes a month after Microsoft announced the official shutdown of Skype, its video and messaging platform, which had been running for over two decades.
The tech company had 228,000 employees globally as of June 2024.
In 2023, Microsoft said it would lay off about 10,000 or 5 per cent of its workforce, citing “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities”.
