Thousands of jobs to be axed at Microsoft

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3 Jul 2025 • 3:42 AM MYT
The Independent
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  • Microsoft announced plans to eliminate approximately 9,000 jobs worldwide as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce costs.
  • These redundancies affect less than 4 per cent of the company's total global workforce.
  • The cuts are intended to implement organisational changes, remove layers of management, and increase agility and effectiveness.
  • Microsoft's gaming business is among the areas where work will be ended or decreased.
  • This marks the latest significant round of layoffs, following 10,000 cuts in early 2023, 6,000 in May, and 1,000 in January, reflecting a broader trend in the technology sector.

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