Microsoft Starting 2025 with Performance-Based Job Cuts
What’s going on at Microsoft?
Microsoft is reportedly planning to scale back its staffing levels — targeting underperforming employees.
“At Microsoft we focus on high performance talent,” a spokesperson for the tech giant told Business Insider.
“We are always working on helping people learn and grow. When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action.”
Sources claim that the company is looking at all of its departments, including its key security division.
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• Microsoft trims several teams, separate from performance-based cuts
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Impact on Canadian staff
It remains unclear if the workforce reduction at Microsoft will affect Canadian employees.
According to LinkedIn, the company has more than 5,700 workers in the country.
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