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Microsoft to lay off about 9,000 workers

Microsoft to lay off about 9,000 workers
Microsoft is heavily investing in datacentres.
The Wall Street Journal
By Kelly CloonanMicrosoft plans to cut another 9,000 workers in its latest round of layoffs, bringing its workforce reductions to 15,000 in the past two months.The cuts to staff represent less than 4% of the tech giant’s global workforce and span levels, geographies, tenure and teams, a company spokesman said. Job cuts hit Microsoft’s gaming segment, but they didn’t account for the majority of the staff reductions.The latest round of layoffs adds to about 6,000 roles that Microsoft eliminated in May across its produc...

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