One of the biggest technological and software oriented companies in the world, Microsoft has completed a new round of layoffs and the repercussions are going to be pretty strong as well.
According to the latest developments, Microsoft has fired more than 4,800 employees in their latest round of layoffs and this is one of the biggest layoff operations by any major company in recent times.
Microsoft announced the cuts on Monday following a rough stretch, with its shares falling nearly 23% in the first six months of 2026, which happens to be their worst first-half performance since 2022.
The software giant earlier this year offered voluntary buyouts to about 7% of its U.S. workforce which is about 9,000 employees.
Microsoft often trims jobs near the end of its fiscal year in June as it sets spending plans for the new year and they’ve operated in the same direction this year as well.
The company has started to invest heavily in the AI technology where a significant portion of the early coding activities are being completed using AI models. This is a major part of their ongoing layoff plans and understandably so as well.
