Microsoft to Cut 1,000 More Jobs as Economic Conditions Bite

Microsoft is laying off more of its approximately 180,000 employees this week, according to reporting in the Wall Street Journal and Business Insider, following a similar announcement in July. Although the firm has not given an exact number of workers affected, the cuts are expected to fall on less than 1,000 staff across the business.

The job losses aren’t concentrated in any one area of the diverse tech behemoth, with the axe falling across all departments and countries. Some staff took to social media to report the events, including KC Lemson, a group product/program manager and the creator of the Ninja Cat logo for the Windows Insider Program. She wrote that “2022 has been quite a year,” after breaking the news to her 8,000 followers, many of whom reacted with surprise and sympathy.

Microsoft logo on New York store buiding.

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Ian Evenden
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Ian Evenden is a UK-based news writer for Tom’s Hardware US. He’ll write about anything, but stories about Raspberry Pi and DIY robots seem to find their way to him.

  • jkflipflop98
    It always hurts to hear someone has lost their job. At the same time, companies need to trim the fat every now and again. Tis the natural order of things.
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  • TechieTwo
    Ask yourself if U R better off now than you were two years ago when you go to vote in Nov. Ignorance isn't a solution to anything.
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  • PlaneInTheSky
    The expensive US $ is going to ravage tech companies like Apple too.

    US export products, be it services or physical goods, are no longer competitive. When you compare them to Chinese, European or Japanese products that are still reasonably priced, US companies are asking a 30+% premium due to the strong $, that's ravaging US export sales.
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  • bit_user
    PlaneInTheSky said:
    When you compare them to Chinese, European or Japanese products that are still reasonably priced,
    Based on what, now? High energy prices are hitting Europe and Japan a lot harder than the US, and China's output has really struggled in the face of their "zero-Covid" policies, that have seen sporadic city-wide lock-downs continuing, even up to the present day.

    I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm just curious what data you're looking at.

    PlaneInTheSky said:
    US companies are asking a 30+% premium due to the strong $, that's ravaging US export sales.
    The $USD is typically strong, during uncertain and recessionary periods. It's still seen somewhat as a safe harbor.

    That's not all bad. It makes our imports cheaper than they otherwise would be, including energy (oil markets are $USD-based). "It could be worse" is never a popular message, but that doesn't mean it's not true.
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  • As long as they get rid of the chaff and slackers then it’s a good thing
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