Microsoft announced to lay off 9000 employees, senior officers also on leave

Microsoft Layoffs: The world's leading tech company Microsoft has again taken a big decision and announced the layoff of about 9,100 employees. This is the company's biggest layoff after 2023. The company's top official Judson Althoff has also taken a two-month leave.

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Microsoft announced to lay off 9000 employees, senior officers also on leave
Microsoft announced to lay off 9000 employees, senior officers also on leave

The world's leading tech company Microsoft, is once more set to hold a massive layoff. The company provided a confirmation through a statement on Wednesday that it has been conducting layoffs of its 9,100 employees. This is calculated as the company's highest-ever layoff since 2023. Earlier in May and June also, Microsoft laid off thousands of employees.

According to Microsoft, this layoff is about 4% of the total employees of the company. At present, Microsoft has about 2.28 lakh employees worldwide. The company has not yet given any clear information on how many of these people are from the Washington office in the US.

Microsoft had also done layoffs in two phases in May and June. During that time, about 6,000 employees were shown the way out. Out of this, 2,300 employees are said to be from Washington. Now once again the layoffs in July have increased the restlessness inside and outside the company.

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Muskan Kumawat Verified Local Voice • 13 Apr, 2026Author

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