According to people familiar with the matter, Microsoft plans to carry out large-scale layoffs, and the total number of employees affected may reach tens of thousands.

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[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] According to people familiar with the matter, in the face of the global economic slowdown, the US technology giant Microsoft (Microsoft) is preparing for major layoffs, which may affect tens of thousands of employees, and the announcement may be made within a few days at the earliest. a message.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Microsoft has more than 220,000 employees. People familiar with the matter told the British media "Sky News" that the company is currently considering layoffs of about 5%, equivalent to 11,000 positions.

"Bloomberg" reported that Microsoft plans to cut several engineering departments on Wednesday (18th), and the layoffs will far exceed Microsoft's actions in the past year.

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Microsoft downsized its workforce in October and July, canceled job openings and suspended hiring across departments.

However, Microsoft's recent layoffs only affected less than 1% of its employees. Compared with the large-scale layoffs of technology industry peers such as Amazon (Amazon) and Meta, the measures Microsoft has taken so far are relatively small.

The exact total number of layoffs has not been confirmed, and one analyst said Wall Street will be surprised if the final figure does not exceed 11,000.

In response to the deteriorating global economic outlook and the possibility of a long-term slowdown in software and service demand, Microsoft has also followed the wave of layoffs in the US technology industry. Morningstar analyst Dan Romanoff pointed out that from the overall perspective Look, yet another round of layoffs coming at Microsoft shows that the overall environment is not improving and may continue to deteriorate.

Microsoft is expected to announce its financial report on the 24th. If layoffs are finalized, relevant announcements may be released before the financial report.

Microsoft declined to comment on the reported layoffs.

The stock has fallen 23% in the past 1 year, and closed up 0.47% on Tuesday (17th).

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