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More layoffs are happening at Microsoft. The company confirms it's in the process of cutting nearly 3% of its workforce, resulting in around 6,000 fewer jobs across the business.
The layoffs are confirmed across the business at various seniority levels and locations, but the main focus is to reduce management layers. These job cuts aren't performance-related, and those impacted were contacted on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Microsoft told CNBC, "We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace.”
This push for efficiency comes after Microsoft posted better results than many had expected, hitting revenue of over $70 billion. In the first three months of 2025, the company posted net income of $25.8 billion, which was 18% higher than the year before.
It’s unclear if these changes were influenced by the company’s continued push into artificial intelligence. Microsoft has said it will invest $80 billion this year in the AI side of its business.
The latest workforce data for Microsoft is from June 2024, where the company had 228,000 employees. Around 55% of those were based in the US.
This is Microsoft's largest announcement of layoffs since the company eliminated 10,000 roles in 2023. In January, it laid off what it called a “very small” number of jobs in its gaming division.