Overview
- WARN filings show 281 layoffs across California, with 159 in Mountain View, 60 in San Francisco, 23 in Sunnyvale, 11 in Carpinteria and 28 remote roles.
- Affected positions span software engineers, deal desk strategists, product managers, designers and specialized AI roles.
- The job cuts follow Microsoft’s May 13 announcement to trim roughly 6,000 employees across multiple divisions including LinkedIn.
- CEO Satya Nadella has indicated that AI now writes up to 30% of Microsoft’s code, a shift driving organizational restructuring.
- Educational tech firm Chegg and Hewlett Packard Enterprise also disclosed hundreds of Bay Area job cuts this month.