{"id":1018424,"date":"2026-07-02T08:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1018424"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:18:28","slug":"microsoft-plans-fresh-layoffs-may-cut-under-2-5-of-workforce-next-week-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/02\/microsoft-plans-fresh-layoffs-may-cut-under-2-5-of-workforce-next-week-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft plans fresh layoffs, may cut under 2.5% of workforce next week: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is preparing to cut fewer than 2.5 per cent of its global workforce in its latest round of layoffs, with the job cuts expected to be announced as early as next week, according to a Business Insider report. The planned reductions are likely to affect thousands of employees across sales, consulting and the Xbox gaming division as the technology giant continues to streamline operations while investing heavily in artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not immediately verify the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is preparing to cut fewer than 2.5 per cent of its global workforce in its latest round of layoffs, with the job cuts expected to be announced as early as next week, according to a Business Insider report. The planned reductions are likely to affect thousands of employees across sales, consulting and the Xbox gaming division as the technology giant continues to streamline operations while investing heavily in artificial intelligence. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,4,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-telegraph","category-newspapers","category-the-telegraph"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1018457,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018424\/revisions\/1018457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}