Microsoft Starts 2025 Like 2024: Mass Layoffs Every Month!
After Smith's lies about "investment" (with money that Microsoft lacks) come these reports:
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Microsoft planning companywide job cuts, Business Insider reports
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is planning to cut jobs across the company and is adopting a harder stance on underperforming employees, Business Insider reported on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the company confirmed plans to cut jobs, the Business Insider report said, but did not specify the scale of the cuts. The report also said that the company had likely backfilled the roles, presenting few changes to Microsoft’s overall headcount.
The firm had roughly 228,000 employees as of June 2024.
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Microsft is reportedly planning more job cuts
US tech giant Microsoft is planning a new round of layoffs, according to sources cited by Business Insider,
The company was also reported to evaluate poor performers more rigorously.
A Microsoft spokesman was quoted as confirming the layoffs, but declined to say how many people would be laid off.
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Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed cuts, but declined to share details on the number of employees being let go.
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Microsoft (MSFT) Plans Layoffs Amid Performance Reviews
Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) is reportedly preparing to implement layoffs across the company as part of a strategic move to tighten performance reviews. The company spokesperson has confirmed the layoff plans but did not disclose the exact number of employees affected.
The focus is set to sharpen on high-performing talent, with appropriate actions being taken if employee performance does not meet expectations. However, when layoffs occur due to performance issues, Microsoft generally fills these vacancies, meaning the overall headcount may not significantly change.
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Microsoft Plans Layoffs Amid Performance Reviews
Microsoft is reportedly planning to implement layoffs, focusing on employees with subpar performance. A company spokesperson confirmed the plan but did not specify the number of employees affected. The spokesperson emphasized Microsoft's commitment to high-performance talent and the company's dedication to fostering employee growth and development. The company will take appropriate measures when performance standards are not met.
Get ready for another year of Microsoft layoffs (large-scale layoffs) every month. It's a company in tailspin. It's reliant on a Ponzi scheme that it created with Scam Altman and supine "media" (it participates in this, it got paid to do this).
What next for Microsoft? Harassing critics and paying dodgy people to defame alternatives to Microsoft (or their public faces)? █
Update: Half a day has passed. Here's more coverage:
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Microsoft to lay off ‘underperforming’ employees : Report
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Microsoft to implement fresh layoffs, targeting underperforming employees: Report
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Microsoft says it will fire more employees who are underperforming
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Microsoft planning companywide job cuts, Business Insider reports
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Microsoft Eyes More Layoffs, Targeting Underperforming Workers: All We Know So Far
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Microsoft to lay off underperforming employees in workforce restructuring move
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Microsoft Layoffs Coming: Tech Giant To Fire Underperforming Employees in Latest Round of Job Cuts, Says Report
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Microsoft layoffs 2025: Redmond plans more job cuts this year
24 hours later:
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Microsoft Is Set to Cut Jobs as Big Tech Layoffs Surge Into the New Year
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Microsoft layoffs: Tech giant’s job cuts stretch into 2025, now focusing on performance
That second one is from a Microsoft-sponsored spinner, resorting to the "headcount" spin [1, 2].
More than a day later, half a dozen more:
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Microsoft confirms performance-based job cuts across key divisions
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More layoffs to come for Microsoft employees
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Microsoft to target ‘underperforming employees’ in fresh layoffs: Report
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Microsoft Confirms Job Cuts Across Departments, Cites 'Performance Issues'
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Microsoft Layoffs: Company Plans Workforce Reduction in 2025, Targets Low-Performing Employees
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Microsoft plans performance-based layoffs across the company