Microsoft keeps laying people off. The round of layoffs comes on top of Microsoft’s downsizing, which was revealed in January 2023 and led to the corporation cutting 10,000 jobs. 276 people in Washington, the company’s home state, are reportedly affected, according to GeekWire. Employees in customer care, support, and sales made up the majority of those who were impacted. 66 of the 276 workers were virtual employees. LinkedIn has also been used by a large number of the affected Washington division employees.
According to the source, it is highly unusual for Microsoft (or really any major tech business) to reduce staff just one week into the 2024 fiscal year. Additionally, a spokeswoman told CNBC that organizational and staff changes are a normal and necessary element of running our business. For our future and the support of our clients and partners, we will continue to give strategic development sectors top priority and financial investment.
In the meantime, ex-Microsoft workers are using LinkedIn to hunt for new jobs. The following is a letter from Regina Chen, a former technical trainer: “As many of you may have heard, Microsoft recently announced a wave of layoffs affecting a number of employees. For those who are immediately impacted, this news can be depressing, but it also offers me a chance to change and improve. Our work lives will always include change.
Microsoft primarily cited macroeconomic factors and excessive hiring when it announced its significant job reduction in January. In a separate email, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that the company was firing thousands of workers due to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.” According to the letter, “While we are eliminating roles in some areas, we will continue to hire in key strategic areas.”
For several months after the layoff announcement, Microsoft continued to eliminate positions across all of its divisions, including Xbox, HoloLens, LinkedIn, and others. On the other hand, the software behemoth is making significant investments in the AI sector, particularly in Bing Chat. This year, thousands of employees were laid off by large IT companies other than Microsoft. In 2023, 839 IT companies will have to let 2,16,328 workers go, according to the layoffs tracker Layoff.FYI .