Microsoft to Reduce 4 Percent of Staff Due to Heavy Investment in AI, Google, Facebook

A one of reates Report According to, the company had about 2,28,000 workers later last month. It is preparing to remove thousands of these workers. This will have a major impact on divisions like sales and gaming. Microsoft, which created the Windows operating system, had informed about a capital expenditure of about $ 80 billion in FY 2025. However, the cost of increasing infrastructure related to AI is affecting its margin. The company has stated that its plan is to reduce the number of managers and improve its products and procedure.
About 10 percent of the workers are also being removed from a division of Microsoft in Barcelona, Spain. This division makes Candy Crush Video Games. Earlier this year, META, who had anted social media platform Facebook, had said that she had trimmed a large number of workers. Internet search engine Google’s company Alphabet also reduced its workforce. Google workers had expressed concern about this. The workers of the company started an internal petition titled ‘Job Security’. These workers said that such steps of the company affect their ability to work with good quality and weaken the morale.
Last month, CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai said that the hiring of engineers in the company will continue. He said that despite increasing the use of AI, it cannot replace workers. Pichai had reported that AI acts as an accelerator instead of Human talent options. This makes it easier for the company to take advantage of more occasions in the emerging area of technology. Pichai had said, “I hope our existing engineering base will be extended by next year.” This attitude of Pichai is different from other companies who are looking at AI as a means of reducing the cost.
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