Microsoft plans performance-based layoffs across company

Microsoft Announces Layoffs, Targeting Poor Performing Employees
Microsoft is laying off "a small percentage of its workforce," as the tech sector continues to endure a turbulent period.
Microsoft plans performance-based layoffs across the company
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is planning a round of performance-based layoffs, the company confirmed to the Business Journal Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Redmond-based tech giant declined to disclose how many people will be affected or to what extent the layoffs will impact its Puget Sound-region workforce.
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 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 confirms performance-based job cuts across departments
Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a press briefing on the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments,
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