Microsoft announces largest layoffs since 2023, cutting around 9,000 jobs

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Microsoft is laying off approximately 9,100 employees, including 2,290 in Redmond, marking its largest layoffs since 2023, as part of a strategy to reduce management layers and invest heavily in AI, with the layoffs not related to performance.
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