Microsoft reduces 3 % of all workers

Microsoft On Tuesday, he said that he puts 3 % of employees at all levels, teams and geographical regions.

“We continue to implement the necessary organizational changes to achieve the best status of the company to succeed in a dynamic market,” Microsoft spokesman said in a statement to CNBC.

The company reported better results than expected Optimistic In late April.

Microsoft 228,000 employees worldwide have had at the end of June, which means that this step would affect thousands of employees.

It is possible that the largest round of Microsoft’s demobilization operations since the disposal of 10,000 roles In 2023, in January, the company announced a small round of workers’ demobilization Performance. The spokesman said that these new job cuts are not related to performance.

The spokesman said that one of the goals was to reduce the layers of management.

In January, Satia Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, told analysts that the company would make changes in the implementation of sales that led to a decrease in growth of what was expected in the revenues of Azzure Cloud that were not associated with artificial intelligence. Performance of artificial intelligence clouds outperforms internal expectations.

“How can you really modify incentives, go to the market?” Nadila said. “At a time through the platform transformations, you want somewhat to make sure you lean even to win the new design, and do not continue to do the things you did in the previous generation.”

On Monday, Microsoft shares stopped trading at $ 449.26, which is the highest price so far this year. They closed with a record of $ 467.56 last July.

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