Microsoft firing: Microsoft to lay off employees 10,000 jobs globally

NEW YORK: Microsoft will lay off 10,000 workers, about 5% of its total workforce, CEO Satya Nadella announced on Wednesday, terming it a hard choice that the tech giant had to make to remain a“consequential company” amid global economic uncertainties.

Microsoft is the latest company after Facebook and Amazon to cut jobs. Describing the current times as “significant change”, Nadella said customers who accelerated their digital spend during the pandemic are now optimising their digital spend to do more with less.

“Today, we are making changes that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce by 10,000 jobs” through the end of the thirdquarter of fiscal year 2023, he said.