Layoff history
11 announcements tracked23,700 jobs affected (reported)
LayoffUnited States · Canada · India · United Kingdom
Microsoft opened a voluntary exit offer for about 60,000 employees in the U.S., Canada, India and the U.K. Eligible staff can opt to leave by early December and exit on Dec. 31.
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Xbox is eliminating 268 more roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios and central management functions, while Activision takes over development of the next Halo. Microsoft also began consultation on a proposed closure of Ninja Theory.
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Microsoft announced about 4,800 job cuts, concentrated in its Xbox gaming division and commercial sales teams. Xbox is to shed up to 3,200 roles over twelve months while divesting several studios.
LayoffBeijing, China · Shanghai, China · China
Microsoft is cutting roles at its Azure cloud unit in mainland China, concentrated in Beijing and Shanghai, according to the South China Morning Post. Affected staff were notified with a July 6 end date and offered severance, with some offered relocation to Canada.
LayoffRedmond, WA, United States
Microsoft cut 42 positions at its Redmond headquarters, its fifth consecutive month of layoffs.
LayoffRedmond, WA, United States
Microsoft laid off another 40 employees at its Redmond, Washington headquarters. The article says this brings its Washington state job losses to 3,160 since May.
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Microsoft laid off roughly 9,000 employees in July across cloud, gaming and product teams.
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Microsoft laid off about 6,000 workers in May 2025 as the first of two 2025 rounds described in the article.
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Microsoft Gaming cut about 3% of its employees, roughly 650 workers, across development, marketing and HR following the Activision Blizzard acquisition.
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Microsoft restructured its mixed reality division, laying off over 1,000 employees while continuing to sell and support HoloLens 2.