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Microsoft fires 6k employees, including AI director
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|May 15, 2025
In its recent layoff, Microsoft let go of about 6,000 employees, or 3% of its total employees across all levels and geographies, and many employees were asked to leave immediately.
"We were asked to stop work immediately and set an out-of-office. But I chose to stay a little longer—showing up for meetings, saying goodbye, wrapping up what I could. That felt right to me," said Gabriela de Queiroz, Director of AI at Microsoft, who is one among the 6,000 employees. Earlier in 2023, the company fired 10,000 or about 5% of its total employee base globally. "I'm heartbroken to see so many talented people I've had the honor of working with being let go," she said on
This story is from the May 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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