Microsoft to lay off ‘underperforming’ employees

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 is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance, the company confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.
Microsoft Confirms Job Cuts Targeting Underperforming Employees, Per Business Insider!
Microsoft Is Set To Implement Job Cuts Aimed At Underperforming Employees, As Reported By Business Insider. Posted: January 9, 2025 | Last updated: January 9, 2025
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 planning companywide job cuts, Business Insider reports
A spokesperson for the company confirmed plans to cut jobs, the Business Insider report said, but did not specify the scale of the cuts. The report also said that the company had likely backfilled the roles, presenting few changes to Microsoft’s overall headcount. The firm had roughly 228,000 employees as of June 2024.
Microsoft to make performance-based job cuts across departments, including security, impacting "less than 1%" of the workforce
Microsoft has announced performance-based job cuts across its departments, including its security division. The job cuts will affect less than 1% of its workforce.
Microsoft To Use Performance Reviews For New Round Of Job Cuts
Microsoft reportedly plans a new round of job cuts in 2025, targeting low-performing employees across several divisions, including security.
Microsoft plans performance-based layoffs across the company
The job cuts follow multiple rounds of layoffs within the company's gaming division last year. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is planning a round of performance-based layoffs, the company confirmed to the Business Journal Wednesday.
Microsoft cutting more jobs as new year begins
Redmond claims cuts are performance based Microsoft kicks off the new year with more job cuts, as fewer than 1 percent of employees reportedly face the axe.… As first reported by Business Insider, Microsoft is trimming its workforce again,
Microsoft layoffs: A timeline of job cuts throughout the software giant's history
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Microsoft reportedly set to make performance-based job cuts
Microsoft is reportedly planning to initiate performance-based job cuts across multiple departments. The news was first ...