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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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'Tone-Deaf' Xbox Producer Tells Fired Workers To Use AI For Support, Faces Backlash
Matt Turnbull, executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, told the fired employees to seek help of AI chatbots.
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Microsoft To Lay Off Over 9,000 Employees, 2nd Big Job Purge In Months: Report
Microsoft is laying off as many as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000 Last Month
Microsoft cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years. The AI boom has roiled the tech labor market because companies are prioritising AI-focused jobs and harnessing the technology to save money.
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'Necessary For Success': Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000
More than 300 employees were told their positions had been eliminated on Monday, according to a Washington state notice reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Microsoft Chief Product Officer's Message For Coders After Laying Off 6,000 Employees
Aparna Chennapragada said learning to code has become more valuable than ever, even though the way we code is changing with time.
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Microsoft Sacks Employee Who Interrupted Satya Nadella's Speech
Software engineer Joe Lopez shouted in protest against Microsoft for supplying the Israeli military with AI and cloud technology.
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Microsoft Worker Sacked After 25 Years Of Service On Birthday, Wife Shares Emotional Post
Microsoft claims the layoffs are part of its efforts to stay competitive and agile as it rapidly integrates AI into its products and services.
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Microsoft Layoffs Fuel Debate On Job Security And Salary In Tech Versus Government Jobs
The woman shared her cousin's brother's job loss, highlighting the instability of tech careers and the perceived security of government jobs.
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Microsoft to Lay Off Around Three Percent of Workforce in Organisation-Wide Cuts
Microsoft said on Tuesday it was laying off less than three percent of its workforce, or around 6,000 employees. The cuts will be across all levels and geographies and are likely the largest since Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees in 2023.
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Microsoft Implements 2-Year Rehire Ban For Underperforming Ex-Employees: Report
Microsoft has instituted a policy enforcing a two-year rehire ban on employees dismissed for underperformance, categorizing such exits as "good attrition."
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Accept Payout Or Get Fired: Microsoft's New Offer To 'Low-Performing' Employees
The tech giant is offering 16 weeks of pay to employees, identified as "low performers" who are willing to leave voluntarily.
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Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams
Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit. The cuts in the division, which houses the Android platform, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser among other applications, follow Google's January buyout offers to employees in the unit.
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Microsoft Fires 2 Employees Who Protested During 50th Anniversary
Microsoft informed Ibtihal Aboussad, a pro-Palestine employee, that her employment had been terminated due to "acts of misconduct."
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"How Dare You": Indian-Origin Techie Calls Out Microsoft Over Israel Ties
A Microsoft employee, who has nowquit the company, lashed out at CEO Satya Nadella and former CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer over the tech giant's support of Israel's war on Gaza.
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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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'Tone-Deaf' Xbox Producer Tells Fired Workers To Use AI For Support, Faces Backlash
Matt Turnbull, executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, told the fired employees to seek help of AI chatbots.
-
Microsoft To Lay Off Over 9,000 Employees, 2nd Big Job Purge In Months: Report
Microsoft is laying off as many as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000 Last Month
Microsoft cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years. The AI boom has roiled the tech labor market because companies are prioritising AI-focused jobs and harnessing the technology to save money.
-
'Necessary For Success': Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000
More than 300 employees were told their positions had been eliminated on Monday, according to a Washington state notice reviewed by Bloomberg.
-
Microsoft Chief Product Officer's Message For Coders After Laying Off 6,000 Employees
Aparna Chennapragada said learning to code has become more valuable than ever, even though the way we code is changing with time.
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Microsoft Sacks Employee Who Interrupted Satya Nadella's Speech
Software engineer Joe Lopez shouted in protest against Microsoft for supplying the Israeli military with AI and cloud technology.
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Microsoft Worker Sacked After 25 Years Of Service On Birthday, Wife Shares Emotional Post
Microsoft claims the layoffs are part of its efforts to stay competitive and agile as it rapidly integrates AI into its products and services.
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Microsoft Layoffs Fuel Debate On Job Security And Salary In Tech Versus Government Jobs
The woman shared her cousin's brother's job loss, highlighting the instability of tech careers and the perceived security of government jobs.
-
Microsoft to Lay Off Around Three Percent of Workforce in Organisation-Wide Cuts
Microsoft said on Tuesday it was laying off less than three percent of its workforce, or around 6,000 employees. The cuts will be across all levels and geographies and are likely the largest since Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees in 2023.
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Microsoft Implements 2-Year Rehire Ban For Underperforming Ex-Employees: Report
Microsoft has instituted a policy enforcing a two-year rehire ban on employees dismissed for underperformance, categorizing such exits as "good attrition."
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Accept Payout Or Get Fired: Microsoft's New Offer To 'Low-Performing' Employees
The tech giant is offering 16 weeks of pay to employees, identified as "low performers" who are willing to leave voluntarily.
-
Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams
Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit. The cuts in the division, which houses the Android platform, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser among other applications, follow Google's January buyout offers to employees in the unit.
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Microsoft Fires 2 Employees Who Protested During 50th Anniversary
Microsoft informed Ibtihal Aboussad, a pro-Palestine employee, that her employment had been terminated due to "acts of misconduct."
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"How Dare You": Indian-Origin Techie Calls Out Microsoft Over Israel Ties
A Microsoft employee, who has nowquit the company, lashed out at CEO Satya Nadella and former CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer over the tech giant's support of Israel's war on Gaza.
