July 6 (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Monday it is cutting about 2.1% of its workforce, or roughly 4,800 jobs, as \u200cthe Windows maker restructures parts of its commercial and \u200cXbox businesses, joining other tech giants in a wave of layoffs as companies \u200bshift investment toward AI infrastructure. <\/p>\n
The cuts highlight deepening concern among investors and economists that AI adoption will upend established industries, with job losses already emerging in sectors most exposed to automation. <\/p>\n
In a memo \u200cto employees, Chief \u2060People Officer Amy Coleman said AI was changing how work gets done by automating some routine tasks, \u2060but that the layoffs were part of a broader effort to realign resources and operating structures with the company’s priorities. <\/p>\n
Below is a \u200btable of \u200bAI-linked global layoffs announced since \u200bOctober 2025, from biggest to \u200csmallest. Entries with no specified number are placed at the bottom. <\/p>\n
COMPANY MONTH JOB NOTES <\/p>\n
ANNOUNCED CUTS <\/p>\n
HSBC Holdings March 20,000, Weighs <\/p>\n
or deep job <\/p>\n
about cuts as <\/p>\n
10% of AI <\/p>\n
workfor overhaul <\/p>\n
ce unfolds <\/p>\n
Amazon January 16,000 Corporate <\/p>\n
job cuts; <\/p>\n
AI\u2011 and <\/p>\n
efficienc <\/p>\n
y\u2011driven <\/p>\n
overhaul <\/p>\n
Standard May >7,000 Cuts over <\/p>\n
Chartered 4 years; <\/p>\n
AI-driven <\/p>\n
operation <\/p>\n
al <\/p>\n
streamlin <\/p>\n
ing, <\/p>\n
profitabi <\/p>\n
lity <\/p>\n
optimisat <\/p>\n
ion <\/p>\n
HP Inc November 4,000-6 Global <\/p>\n
,000 cuts by <\/p>\n
end-2028; <\/p>\n
AI and <\/p>\n
operation <\/p>\n
al <\/p>\n
streamlin <\/p>\n
ing <\/p>\n
British June 5,500 Plans to <\/p>\n
American jobs, cut about <\/p>\n
Tobacco shift 20% of <\/p>\n
(BAT) 3,500 its <\/p>\n
roles workforce <\/p>\n
to over <\/p>\n
third AI-driven <\/p>\n
parties overhaul <\/p>\n
to lower <\/p>\n
costs, <\/p>\n
lift <\/p>\n
profits <\/p>\n
Mizuho February Up to Cuts over <\/p>\n
5,000 10 years; <\/p>\n
long-term <\/p>\n
AI\u2011driven <\/p>\n
streamlin <\/p>\n
ing plan <\/p>\n
Microsoft July 4,800, Impact on <\/p>\n
or 2.1% commercia <\/p>\n
of l, Xbox <\/p>\n
workfor businesse <\/p>\n
ce s <\/p>\n
Dow January 4,500 13% of <\/p>\n
workforce <\/p>\n
; <\/p>\n
automatio <\/p>\n
n and AI <\/p>\n
streamlin <\/p>\n
ing <\/p>\n
Block February >4,000 Nearly <\/p>\n
half its <\/p>\n
workforce <\/p>\n
; <\/p>\n
AI\u2011focuse <\/p>\n
d <\/p>\n
restructu <\/p>\n
ring <\/p>\n
Cisco May <4,000 Less than <\/p>\n
5% of its <\/p>\n
workforce <\/p>\n
; expects <\/p>\n
pre-tax <\/p>\n
charges <\/p>\n
of up \u200cto <\/p>\n
$1 <\/p>\n
billion <\/p>\n
Intuit May ~3,000, Operation <\/p>\n
or al <\/p>\n
about streamlin <\/p>\n
17% of ing, <\/p>\n
workfor increased <\/p>\n
ce focus on <\/p>\n
AI <\/p>\n
efforts <\/p>\n
SEB February Up to Cuts by <\/p>\n
2,100 end-2027; <\/p>\n
restructu <\/p>\n
ring to <\/p>\n
leverage <\/p>\n
AI <\/p>\n
Wisetech February 2,000 One-third <\/p>\n
of \u200bglobal <\/p>\n
workforce <\/p>\n
; AI <\/p>\n
integrati <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
Allianz November Up to Travel <\/p>\n
1,800 insurance <\/p>\n
division; <\/p>\n
AI <\/p>\n
replacing <\/p>\n
manual <\/p>\n
work <\/p>\n
Atlassian March 1,600, Push into <\/p>\n
or AI and <\/p>\n
around enterpris <\/p>\n
10% of e sales <\/p>\n
workfor <\/p>\n
ce <\/p>\n
Proximus February 1,200 Cuts \u200bby <\/p>\n
2030; AI <\/p>\n
efficienc <\/p>\n
y <\/p>\n
measures <\/p>\n
Cloudflare May >1,100 Cuts due <\/p>\n
to AI <\/p>\n
adoption <\/p>\n
Meta, \u200bReality January >1,000 Pivot <\/p>\n
Labs from <\/p>\n
Metaverse <\/p>\n
to AI <\/p>\n
devices <\/p>\n
Snap April ~1,000 Cuts to <\/p>\n
ramp up <\/p>\n
AI <\/p>\n
adoption; <\/p>\n
streamlin <\/p>\n
e <\/p>\n
operation <\/p>\n
s <\/p>\n
Autodesk January ~1,000 7% of <\/p>\n
workforce <\/p>\n
; shift <\/p>\n
towards <\/p>\n
cloud and <\/p>\n
AI <\/p>\n
Nike January 775 Profit <\/p>\n
push and <\/p>\n
automatio <\/p>\n
n <\/p>\n
Telstra February 650 AI\u2011driven <\/p>\n
restructu <\/p>\n
ring \u200cwith <\/p>\n
Infosys <\/p>\n
Meta, October ~600 Downsizin <\/p>\n
Superintellig g in AI <\/p>\n
ence Labs division <\/p>\n
Freshworks May ~500 Cuts due <\/p>\n
to work <\/p>\n
automatio <\/p>\n
n \u200band AI <\/p>\n
adoption <\/p>\n
Danske Bank February 420 Cuts \u200bdue <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
automatio <\/p>\n
n and <\/p>\n
efficienc <\/p>\n
ies <\/p>\n
Meta March Up to Workforce <\/p>\n
20% of could <\/p>\n
workfor shrink by <\/p>\n
ce 20% amid <\/p>\n
AI focus; <\/p>\n
to invest <\/p>\n
$600 <\/p>\n
billion <\/p>\n
for data <\/p>\n
centres <\/p>\n
by 2028 <\/p>\n
Pinterest January Up to Redirecti <\/p>\n
15% of ng <\/p>\n
workfor resources <\/p>\n
ce toward AI <\/p>\n
strategy <\/p>\n
Agora December Up to Nearly 7% <\/p>\n
166 of <\/p>\n
workforce <\/p>\n
; digital <\/p>\n
restructu <\/p>\n
ring <\/p>\n
MercadoLibre January 119 AI\u2011expans <\/p>\n
ion move <\/p>\n
British February Not AI\u2011driven <\/p>\n
American specifi productiv <\/p>\n
Tobacco ed ity <\/p>\n
programme <\/p>\n
(Reporting by Romolo \u200bTosiani, Enrico Sciacovelli \u200cand Philippe Leroy Beaulieu in Gdansk, Additional reporting by Anshuman \u200bTripathy; Editing by Matt Scuffham, Milla Nissi-Prussak, Jonathan Ananda, \u200bDevika Syamnath and Shilpi Majumdar) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 6 (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Monday it is cutting about 2.1% of its workforce, or roughly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[5097,182,181,507,28,122,101,939,2993,2994,32455,2995,932,32456,20112,147,9323,1170,1666,6480,2996,2997,923,19533,3733,74,32457],"class_list":["post-748326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-401k","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-financial-information","tag-investing","tag-investment-tools","tag-investor","tag-market-news","tag-mortgage","tag-mutual-funds","tag-personal-finance","tag-quote","tag-real-estate","tag-retirement","tag-stock","tag-stock-research","tag-stock-valuation","tag-stocks","tag-suze-orman","tag-tax","tag-technology","tag-track-portfolio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}