Microsoft Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs

New Delhi: Tech giant Microsoft has cut hundreds of more jobs just weeks after reducing nearly 3 per cent of its global workforce in the AI era.

As per a filing with Washington state’s Employment Security Department, 305 additional employees in Redmond, Washington have been asked to leave. The latest headcount reduction is in addition to the 6,000 job cuts announced last month.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said that the recent layoffs were not linked to employee performance but due to organisational restructuring. Nadella said the layoffs were necessary to realign teams in accordance with Microsoft’s evolving priorities, particularly its growing focus on artificial intelligence.

He acknowledged the emotional toll of the decision but underscored that it was driven by strategic shifts, not shortcomings in productivity or talent. For example, 15 million developers are already using GitHub Copilot, and features like agent mode and code review are streamlining the way they code, check, deploy and troubleshoot,” he said during the ‘Microsoft Build 2025’ event.