Microsoft becomes latest tech firm to cut staff

Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on Monday, Axios has confirmed.

Why it matters: The move is yet another example of large tech companies cutting jobs after earlier moving to slow or freeze hiring as the broader economy cools.

Details: Microsoft declined to say how many jobs had been cut, but a source said the layoffs numbered under 1,000.

  • The cuts occurred across a variety of levels, teams and parts of the world.
  • Multiple laid-off workers turned to Twitter and Blind, among other online forums, to share that their job had been cut.

The big picture: Nearly all the major tech firms have slowed headcount growth, with many freezing all but essential hires. A number of companies have already moved to cut jobs, including Snap and, as Axios reported yesterday, Flipboard.

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