{"id":1019288,"date":"2026-07-07T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1019288"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:32:44","slug":"microsoft-cuts-4800-jobs-about-2-1-of-global-workforce-impacted-roles-not-being-replaced-by-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/07\/microsoft-cuts-4800-jobs-about-2-1-of-global-workforce-impacted-roles-not-being-replaced-by-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of global workforce: \u2018Impacted roles not being replaced by AI\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft on Monday announced another round of job cuts, saying it will eliminate around 4,800 positions, or about 2.1% of its global workforce, reported Reuters. The company said the move is part of a broader restructuring effort aimed at preparing the business for long-term growth and improving operational efficiency. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement affects employees across different parts of the company, including its gaming business. Microsoft said that the decision is not linked to replacing workers with artificial intelligence. \u201cRoles eliminated today are not being replaced by AI,\u201d it said, as reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft on Monday announced another round of job cuts, saying it will eliminate around 4,800 positions, or about 2.1% of its global workforce, reported Reuters. The company said the move is part of a broader restructuring effort aimed at preparing the business for long-term growth and improving operational efficiency. The announcement affects employees across different parts of the company, including its gaming business. Microsoft said that the decision is not linked to replacing workers with artificial intelligence. \u201cRoles eliminated today are not being replaced by AI,\u201d it said, as reported by Reuters.<\/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":[4,64,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019288","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=1019288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1019314,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019288\/revisions\/1019314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}