Overview

• WARN filings show 159 positions cut in Mountain View, 60 in San Francisco, 23 in Sunnyvale, 11 in Carpinteria and 28 remote California roles
• Affected titles span software engineers—including 71 staff and senior roles in Mountain View—alongside machine learning, devops, product management and design
• Employees were notified on May 13 with terminations effective May 15, following Microsoft’s announcement of 6,000 job cuts earlier this month and nearly 2,600 Xbox and Activision Blizzard layoffs last year
• Laid-off staff have posted messages of support and gratitude on LinkedIn, highlighting the human impact of the company’s organizational shift
• CEO Satya Nadella has noted that up to 30% of Microsoft’s code is now generated by AI, illustrating the company’s pivot toward automation in its restructuring strategy