{"id":1241756,"date":"2023-01-19T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T04:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1241756"},"modified":"2023-01-19T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T04:31:26","slug":"microsoft-will-fire-11000-employees-in-a-single-go-3-workforce-will-be-terminated-to-cut-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/microsoft-will-fire-11000-employees-in-a-single-go-3-workforce-will-be-terminated-to-cut-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Will Fire 11,000 Employees In A Single Go: 3% Workforce Will Be Terminated To Cut Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It seems the season of layoffs is still not over as Tech giant Microsoft has plans to join the layoffs spree!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-Smartwatch-1280x720-1024x576-1-1280x720-2-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Microsoft Will Fire 11,000 Employees In A Single Go: 3% Workforce Will Be Terminated To Cut Costs\" class=\"wp-image-1241762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-Smartwatch-1280x720-1024x576-1-1280x720-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-Smartwatch-1280x720-1024x576-1-1280x720-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-Smartwatch-1280x720-1024x576-1-1280x720-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-Smartwatch-1280x720-1024x576-1-1280x720-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Microsoft Layoffs 11000 Employees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It may happen sooner than we think, reports suggest that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesnownews.com\/jobs\/microsoft-layoffs-2023-microsoft-reportedly-to-cut-11000-jobs-5-of-the-workforce-expected-to-be-fired-article-97076168\">Microsoft Layoffs 2023<\/a> are on their way.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft is most likely to cut around 11,000 jobs, which amounts to around 5 percent of the workforce being fired, as per the media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesnownews.com\/jobs\/microsoft-layoffs-2023-microsoft-reportedly-to-cut-11000-jobs-5-of-the-workforce-expected-to-be-fired-article-97076168\">reports<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most probably, the engineering department and human resources department are likely to get the most of this hit, according to the report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, the official numbers for the number of job cuts has not been disclosed by the technical major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Not The First Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to this, Microsoft reportedly laid off around 1,000 employees across several divisions in the company at the start of October 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then layoffs impacted around 1 percent of the 2,00,000 workforce at Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now, it gets bigger as around 5 percent of the workforce is expected to be cut, which amounts to around 11,000 employees losing their jobs, as per UK based SKY news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note here that Microsoft is yet to issue an official statement in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Joining The League&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, the news of Microsoft Layoffs comes in the headlines days after Amazon began its layoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Amazon announced it is planning to fire just over 18,000 employees recently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy announced the job cuts as the information regarding the layoffs was leaked earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest move from Microsoft also sends an alarming reminder that Tech Layoffs are not over.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that the tech layoffs will continue to show its destruction during 2023 after Meta&#8217;s brutal layoff of over 11,000 employees and Twitter layoffs where we saw 50 percent of the workforce fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of June 30, 2022, Microsoft had 2,21,000 full time employees, according to its filing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, 1,22,000 workforce belong to the United States and the remaining&nbsp; 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