EU antitrust regulators are set to accept Microsoft's offer to widen the price differential between the Office product sold with its chat and video app Teams and its software sold without the app, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Microsoft is cutting less than 3% of its global workforce, including at LinkedIn. The company employed an estimated 228,000 workers as of last June, meaning the layoffs will affect approximately 6,000 employees.
One theme emerging from the first quarter earnings season is that the AI revolution is alive and well. Many companies, like Microsoft Corp. NASDAQ: MSFT and Meta Platforms Inc. NASDAQ: META, confirmed significant capital expenditure (CapEx) programs focusing on building out the AI infrastructure.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it was slashing unnecessary layers of management and seizing the benefits of new technology as reports said the tech behemoth was laying off thousands of workers.
Microsoft is cutting about 6,000 jobs to increase the span of control per manager. The move aligns with similar strategies used by other tech companies to flatten management layers.
Microsoft is set for continued data center growth driven by AI and cloud services demand. Management reassured the market by signaling growth in capital investments through eFY26. AI agent adoption is beginning to show signs of growth with the market for AI agents expected to increase at a 45.8% CAGR through 2030. Microsoft may also realize growth in its integrated IT/OT offering as manufacturing reshoring occurs.
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced it is laying off about 3% of its global workforce, impacting about 6,000 employees across all levels, teams, and locations. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC.
Microsoft began laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce Tuesday, its largest mass layoff in more than two years.
Microsoft is reportedly laying off 3% of its workforce, or about 6,000 employees, to reduce the number of management layers. The job cuts are not performance-related, CNBC reported Tuesday (May 13), citing a Microsoft spokesperson.
The cuts amount to less than 3% of the tech company's workforce.
Microsoft is cutting roughly 3% of its global workforce as the company shifts more resources toward the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, the company confirmed on Tuesday.
The layoffs will be focused on reducing management layers to enable faster decision making.