MixedJuly 2, 2025· Technology

Microsoft

On July 2, 2025, Microsoft announced 9,000 job losses. The company cited AI alongside other factors.

Jobs lost

9,000

US jobs

9,000

Workforce

228,000

% of workforce

3.95%

Editorial note

On July 2, 2025, Microsoft began cutting roughly 9,000 jobs, about 4% of its workforce, including 830 in its home state of Washington. The company framed the cuts around organizational changes and reducing management layers, but tied them to a strategic repositioning toward AI and record capital spending on AI infrastructure. Because AI is one of several company-stated factors rather than the sole named cause, this is logged as Mixed.

Sources

CNBChttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/03/microsoft-layoffs-hit-830-workers-in-home-state-of-washington-.html
AP (via KBTX), Jul 2https://www.kbtx.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-lay-off-about-9000-workers/

Market reaction

On the day of announcement, Microsoft stock moved -15.9%.