Overview

• Up to 9,100 positions—about 4 percent of its roughly 228,000-strong workforce—will be eliminated worldwide starting July 1
• The company calls this its largest job reduction since the early 2023 wave that removed roughly 10,000 roles
• Gaming units face major impact with King set to lose about 10 percent of its staff and ZeniMax studios in Europe also affected
• Employees at all levels and across regions, including teams at LinkedIn and in sales, are slated to be let go under the restructuring
• Microsoft plans to trim management layers to boost agility and redirect resources toward high-growth AI and cloud infrastructure projects