San Francisco: Microsoft has laid off 276 workers, mostly in customer service, support and sales teams, in a fresh round of job cuts.
The new job cuts “exceed the 10,000 global layoffs announced by Microsoft on January 18,” GeekWire reported.
Microsoft has laid off 276 workers in Washington state. According to the Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Notice (WARN), the cut will affect 210 employees and 66 virtual workers in the company’s Bellevue and Redmond offices.
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“Organizational and workforce adjustments are a necessary and regular part of operating our business,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement.
“We will continue to prioritize and invest in strategic growth for our future and in support of our customers and partners,” the spokesperson added.
Leading professional networking platform LinkedIn has revealed several job cuts targeting customer support and sales jobs across teams.
In May, Microsoft cut 158 jobs in Washington state that were not part of the 10,000 previously announced.
According to reports, more than 2,700 Seattle-area workers were affected by layoffs announced earlier this year. Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella announced in January that the company would “make changes that will reduce our overall workforce by 10,000 jobs by the end of FY23 Q3 (third quarter)”.
The tech giant had more than 220,000 employees (as reported earlier this year).
