SOFTWARE & INTERNET · REDMOND, WA
As the company stated them.
Since 2025.
About 4,800 employees.
| Period | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,000 |
| 2026 | 4,800 |
About 4,800 employees · 2.1% of the workforce
Microsoft is cutting about 4,800 jobs worldwide, most of them in its Xbox gaming unit through fiscal 2027, and is spinning off four game studios; its commercial sales business is also affected.
About 9,000 employees
Two months after its May round, Microsoft began cutting about 9,000 jobs, under 4% of its global workforce, across teams, regions and experience levels, including its gaming division.
About 6,000 employees · 3% of the workforce
Microsoft said it was laying off about 6,000 people, roughly 3% of its workforce, across all levels, teams and regions, partly to thin management layers. It said the cuts were not based on performance.
Each layoff is an announcement a company made or confirmed, with at least one source. Employee totals add the numbers as stated: “about”, “at least” and “up to” figures count as given, and layoffs without a number count toward companies and layoffs only. Headquarters filters use where a company is based, not where the cuts happen.
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