Microsoft is planning job cuts

Microsoft layoffs: Tech giant’s job cuts stretch into 2025, now focusing on performance
Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to fall short of its standards.
Microsoft confirms performance-based job cuts across departments
Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance. "When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action," a Microsoft spokesperson said in an email, confirming the job cuts.
Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees
The moves are part of a broader change in Microsoft's approach, which includes taking a harder look at low performers, sources told BI.
Microsoft announces job cuts, plans to axe 1% of underperforming workforce in 2025: Report
Microsoft has announced new performance-based layoffs affecting less than 1% of its global workforce of 228,000 employees. The company’s focus on “high-performance talent” drives these actions, which span multiple departments,
Microsoft plans performance-based layoffs across the company
The job cuts follow multiple rounds of layoffs within the company's gaming division last year. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is planning a round of performance-based layoffs, the company confirmed to the Business Journal Wednesday.
Microsoft to implement fresh layoffs, targeting underperforming employees: Report
According to reports, Microsoft is set to implement job cuts focused on underperformers, affecting several departments. The company is reportedly committed to retaining high performers and replacing vacated roles,
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