Microsoft planning thousands of job cuts

19/6/2025 6:12

Microsoft is planning to

cut thousands of jobs, particularly in sales, as the tech giant

streamlines its workforce amid increased investments in

artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday,

citing people familiar with the matter.



The latest layoffs follow Microsoft's previous round of job

cuts in May, which affected about 6,000 employees.



The tech giant has ramped up its investments in AI, aiming

to solidify its leadership as companies across industries

accelerate the integration of AI into their products and

services to maintain a competitive edge.



Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Tuesday that the rollout of

generative AI and agents will reduce its total corporate

workforce in the next few years.



Microsoft has planned a capital expenditure of $80 billion

this fiscal year, with most of it aimed at expanding data

centers to ease capacity bottlenecks for AI services.



The layoffs are expected to be announced early next month,

following the end of the tech giant's fiscal year, the report

said.



Microsoft did not immediately respond to a Reuters request

for comment.



The job cuts will not exclusively affect the sales teams,

and the timing could still change, the report added.



Microsoft had 228,000 workers as of June last year.