Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella expressed a deep concern in the face of the recent wave of employment cups of the technology giant, admitting that the decision “weighed heavily”.
In a frank reflection, Nadella recognized the personal and emotional assessment of the binding of employees, even though the company sails on market dynamics and realign its strategic priorities. Its comments occur in the middle of the broader restructuring on the industry level, because large technological companies have hung on to economic uncertainty and a renewed concentration on efficiency.
In a sincere note on the scale of the company, he wrote,
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“While we are starting a new exercise, I thought about the road that we have traveled and the future way.
“I want to express my sincere gratitude to those who left. Their contributions have shaped who we are as a business, helping to build the bases on which we are sticking today.
“With each objective measure, Microsoft thrives our market performance, our strategic positioning and growth all underline and to the right. We invest more in capex than ever. Our overall effort is relatively unchanged, and some of the talents and expertise in our industry and Microsoft are recognized and rewarded at levels never seen before. And yet, at the same time, we have underlined. ”.
Microsoft employed 228,000 people in June 2024. This calendar year, the company organized several layoffs. In January, it reduced less than 1% of the workforce depending on the performance. Quick advance until June 2025, Microsoft dismissed around 9,000 employees. This decision has affected less than 4% of its global workforce in different teams. The 50 -year -old software company reduced more than 6,000 jobs in May, then at least 300 more in June. The technology giant reshapes the way it works to rationalize management, invest massively in AI and go to a more agile organization that can compete in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
One of the main reasons for employment is Microsoft’s goal to appease his business hierarchy. By reducing management strata, the company hopes to respond more quickly to market requests, improve decision -making and reduce operational costs. In particular, the incessant abolition of jobs occurs because it plans to invest around $ 80 billion this exercise in the IA infrastructure. This includes the expansion of Azure data centers, the development of new tools such as co -pilot and improving automatic learning capacities. Such investments, although essential to long -term competitiveness, require a reallocation of resources.
Speaking of the company’s priority, Satya noted that Microsoft focuses on commercial priorities that include the safety, quality and processing of AI. The company doubles the fundamentals while continuing to define new borders in AI. While AI becomes more central for Microsoft operations, new roles will probably open up in cloud computing, automatic learning and data engineering.
