https://tech.co/news/microsoft-second-wave-lay-offs-january

https://www.pymnts.com/big-tech/2025/report-meta-and-microsoft-plan-layoffs/

(as title showed)

Microsoft Confirms Job Cuts Based On Performance Across Departments https://news.abplive.com/business/layoffs-microsoft-confirms-job-cuts-based-on-performance-across-departments-1743527

so it's about salaries, Microsoft becoming too debt-saddled (about 100 billion dollars in debt) to pay wages https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/microsoft-rules-out-layoffs-in-india-amid-global-job-cuts/article69088362.ece

https://www.indiaherald.com/Politics/Read/994781182/-Microsoft-employees-are-on-the-streets-

Many of us wouldn’t mind being laid off. I wouldn’t, for sure. The only reason I’m hoping to keep the job for a while longer is because the tech job market is still in a really bad shape. Some of my former colleagues have been looking for a job for... — read more 

Published 5 hours ago: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/morning-brief-podcast/morning-brief-podcast-corner-office-conversation-with-sandip-pate-md-ibm-india-and-south-asia/podcast/117101844.cms

Meanwhile, the Microsoft 365 Copilot assistant, which draws on OpenAI technology, has yet to become pervasive in business. Analysts at UBS said in a note last month that they came away from Microsoft’s Ignite conference with the impression that... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/microsoft-looks-to-lay-off-thousands-potentially-reports

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/microsoft-announces-job-cuts-plans-to-axe-1-of-underperforming-workforce-in-2025-report/articleshow/117069328.cms?from=mdr

When working here was considered prestigious and everyone wanted to join? When layoffs were rare, almost unheard of? It’s shocking how quickly things have changed. I swear, it feels like we went from having one of the most secure jobs to virtually no... — read more 

Microsoft planning companywide job cuts, Business Insider reports https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/microsoft-planning-companywide-job-cuts-business-insider-reports-3801708 Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-pump-3-billion-cloud-093124650.html Looks like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is preemptive moving jobs to India to counter H1B Need change of leadership

https://gamedevreports.substack.com/p/game-industry-layoffs-14600-people

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/microsoft-vp-of-silicon-engineering-jumps-to-google-cloud-to-head-chip-technology-and-manufacturing

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-layoffs http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_-_Layoffs/#July_2023

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/new-year-new-you-tango-gameworks-reborn-as-tango-gameworks-inc

https://m.economictimes.com/tech/technology/year-ender-2024-the-year-that-saw-big-tech-job-cuts-surge/amp_articleshow/116855673.cms

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/12/31/tech-layoffs-roundup-2024-seattle-microsoft.html

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/xbox-what-to-expect-in-2025

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/from-ai-to-rto-unpopular-policies-may-fuel-tech-worker-movements-in-2025/ "Even typically union-friendly Microsoft drew worker backlash and criticism in 2024 following layoffs of 650 video game workers... — read more 

https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/austin-tech-layoffs-2024-19983796.php

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/as-more-layoffs-hit-the-game-industry-zenimax-online-studios-votes-to-unionize/ https://xboxera.com/2024/12/13/employees-unionise-at-zenimax-online-studios/... — read more 

https://www.prweek.com/article/1898672/edelman-lays-off-330-people-amid-expected-8-drop-us-revenue

https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/nearly-1-5-lakh-employees-in-tech-lost-jobs-in-2024-intel-tesla-microsoft-among-hardest-hit-shk-snuys9

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/over-149000-tech-workers-lost-job-in-2024-intel-tesla-cisco-microsoft-and-other-biggest-tech-layoffs-this-year/articleshow/115886465.cms

https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/11/26/md-video-game-studio-reacts-to-volatile-industry-by-unionizing/ "Bethesda faced a shocking round of layoffs at the beginning of 2023, said Taylor Welling, a content producer at Bethesda. Microsoft did not... — read more 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/linkedin-tech-layoffs-19942026.php

Or will there be more layoffs? I’m hoping for a few peaceful months which I can dedicate to job search. Better to look for other options while still employed.

https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/microsofts-linkedin-lays-off-200-employees-the-information-3803791

Nice rollout of Fligh Simulator 2024: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-review Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is an unplayable mess after a disastrous and disgraceful launch on Xbox and PC Microsoft Flight... — read more 

XBox sales DOWN 50%. NEVER BEEN BETTER, says Microsoft

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/is-microsoft-flying-a-sinking-ship-with-copilot

"John , who has worked at Amazon and left Microsoft earlier in 2024 after five years in technical sales, described the state of the industry as grim." https://headtopics.com/my/goodbye-to-big-tech-s-big-perks-singapore-workers-say-61998290

https://www.itprotoday.com/digital-transformation/what-comes-after-hololens-2-exploring-microsoft-s-ar-vr-future

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/zenimax-union-workers-strike-in-protest-of-microsoft-remote-work-and-outsourcing-policies https://news.faharas.net/162699/fallout-elder-scrolls-and-doom/ "With over 300 quality assurance workers... — read more 

"Then, in June, Microsoft laid off more employees in the Azure department despite successes in AI and cloud. That’s the third round already, in which around 1,500 were reportedly affected. And in September, a few more hundred in the gaming division... — read more 

https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2024/11/microsoft-ceo-gets-30m-raise-while-laying-off-thousands-and-facing-cyber-scandal/

good luck