Microsoft Announces Second Major Layoff in 2025, 9,000 Employees to Be Affected | Microsoft will hire 9,000 employees: the second major pruning of this year; 6,000 employees were fired in May

The company has also fired 10 thousand employees in 2023.

American tech company Microsoft is planning to expel around 9,000 employees. This will be the second largest le-off of this year. 2 months ago, the company fired around 6,000 employees.

According to the CNBC report, 4% of the employees of the company will be affected by this retrenchment. The company says that we are constantly making such changes in the organization, which can succeed in the changing market. The company has also fired 10 thousand employees in 2023.

More than 2 lakh employees in Microsoft

Microsoft had 2,28,000 employees by June 2024. But the company has left thousands of people in the last two years. This time the Lay off year is one of the biggest priests in the history of the company.

In the last 1 year 7% Microsoft’s share climbed In the last 1 year, Microsoft shares have seen a rise of 7%. At the same time, it has now gained 17%. On July 2, the company’s stock is trading at $ 491.

Meta also fired 3600 employees Social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp’s parent company Mata fired 3600 employees in January this year. Meta took this decision under the performance based job cut policy. About 5% of the employees were affected by the company.

Microsoft started in 1975 The Microsoft company began when most of the American typewriters used. Bill Gates laid its foundation with his childhood friend Paul Alan in 1975. It was named Microsoft by adding early words of microprocessors and software. Initially, the company created software for Personal Computer Altier 8800. In 1985, Microsoft launched a new operating system.