Mastodawn

Microsoft is laying off 4% of its workforce (9,000 employees) which is separate from the 6,000 laid off in May, 300 in June and 2,000 laid off in January as low performers.

Today’s layoffs are to reduce layers of management.

The company beat estimates with $26B in profits and $70B in revenue during its last financial quarter.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-laying-off-about-9000-employees-in-latest-round-of-cuts.html

Microsoft laying off about 9,000 employees in latest round of cuts

Microsoft surpassed expectations on revenue and profit but is slimming down across ranks, organizations and geographies.

CNBC

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CrazyDogLadysezPEACE Jul 2

@carnage4life This is what greed looks like from the top. To those laid-off people (“poor performance” just adds insult to injury) it looks like topping up all their credit while they scramble for income. So the banks will make money off of this cash grab too.

All these cash and land grabs rn are looking really ominous. 😬

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Lyle Solla-Yates Jul 2

@carnage4life I hate this. I feel like if I give MS more money, they will use it to pay for more layoffs, and if I don’t give MS more money, they will use it as an excuse to do more layoffs to save money

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James Hubbard Jul 2

@carnage4life gotta wonder how security will be impacted. If I were the US government, I'd be asking how it's going to impact security and see updated org charts. It seems as though updated FedRAMP documentation should be required.