Microsoft to Lay off 10,000 Employees as it looks to Cut Costs

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Job cuts, representing less than 5% of company's workforce, are largest in 8 years

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Satya Nadella, announces layoff of 10,000 employees to focus on AI, control costs amid economic uncertainty

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"The fact is, hiring can be adjusted swiftly, and that is what is happening,” Brad Reback, an analyst at Stifel investment bank.

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"Quite frankly we in the tech industry will also have to get efficient. We will have to show our own productivity gains"

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In the quarter ending in September, Microsoft had $50 billion in sales that produced $17.6 billion in profit.

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The company’s annual revenue grew 58 percent over three years, during which time it hired more than 75,000 people.

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These are the kinds of hard choices we have made throughout our 47-year history to remain a consequential company in this industry that is unforgiving to anyone who doesn’t adapt to platform shifts.

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The layoffs, which began on Wednesday and will continue through March.

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Some of the costs would come from consolidating office leases, as well as “changes to our hardware portfolio.”

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“The exit out of Covid this past year was challenging,” Doug Herrington, who heads Amazon’s retail and operations business.

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The business software company Salesforce said this month that it planned to lay off 10 percent of its workforce.

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