Microsoft, dismissing about 6,000 people, or 3% of his workforce

Microsoft On Tuesday, he said that this had canceled 3% of employees at all levels, teams and geographies affecting about 6,000 people.

“We continue to implement the organizational changes necessary for the best positioning of the company for success on a dynamic market,” a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement to CNBC.

The company reported better than expected results, with $ 25.8 billion in a quarterly net income and optimistic forecast At the end of April.

Microsoft had 228,000 employees worldwide in late June. On Tuesday, Microsoft’s home state from Washington said the company was reducing the main number in states of 1 985 people, including 1,510 per service.

In general, this is probably the largest round of Microsoft cuts after removing 10,000 roles In 2023, in January the company announced a small circle of cuts that were on the basis of performanceS These new work cuts are not related to the performance, the spokesman said.

One of the goals is to reduce the management layers, the spokesman said. In January Amazon announced that he got rid of some employees after noticed “unnecessary layers” In his organization.

Last week Cybersecurity Software Provider Crowdstrike announced that he would Refuse 5% to his workforce.

In January Microsoft CEO Satya nadel He told analysts that the company would make changes to sales implementation after the company has achieved more slow growth than expected in Azure’s cloud revenue that is not linked to artificial intelligence. Productivity in AI cloud growth exceeds internal projections.

“How do you really fix the incentives, the market?” Nadel said. “During the platform shifts, you want to make sure you bend over even the new wins in the design and just don’t continue to do the things you have done in the previous generation.”

On Monday, Microsoft’s shares ended with the $ 449.26 trade, the highest price so far this year. They closed at a record of $ 467.56 last July.