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Microsoft to Lay Off 9K Employees, 4% of Global Workforce
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|July 03, 2025
In another round of layoffs, American technology conglomerate Microsoft is expected to fire nearly 9,000 employees.
This is the second mass layoff by the company in months.
According to reports, this layoff will affect less than 4% of the company's global workforce. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time workers as of last June, the last time it reported its annual headcount.
This story is from the July 03, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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