Microsoft plans another round of layoffs, may cut thousands of jobs across teams in …

Microsoft is preparing to announce another round of layoffs as part of the company’s efforts to rein in costs, according to a report by Business Insider. The job cuts are expected to affect proffesisoanls in the sales, consulting and roles within the Xbox gaming division. While the scale will be smaller than last year’s reductions, thousands of positions could be eliminated. This latest round of layoffs is said to impact less than 2.5% of Microsoft’s 220,000-person workforce, compared to last year’s larger layoffs that saw 6,000, jobs cut in May and another 9,000 in July about 4% of staff. As per the report by BI, some of the affected employees are now being offered new roles at the company.

The layoffs are expected to be announced next week