The moves are part of a broader change in Microsoft's approach, which includes taking a harder look at low performers, ...

The layoffs are separate from cuts targeting underperforming employees across the company, a spokesperson confirmed.

Microsoft's job cuts have been frequent and often unexpected and severe. But this follows a historical pattern of layoffs at the company going back many years, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised.

BP told Business Insider it plans to cut 4,700 staff and 3,000 contractors ... Microsoft is planning an unspecified number of cuts. Microsoft is planning job cuts soon, and the company is taking a ...

Microsoft said ... The layoffs foreshadow more cuts and potential pay reductions in store for workers this year. After all, it's only January. Related stories Read Insider's coverage of the ...

Firing low performers isn't standard in tech just yet — but that could change.

According to the tech layoff tracker layoffs.fyi and Insider's own calculations ... Apple is the only major tech giant to avoid job cuts so far after Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon all ...

Experts say such labels can create additional barriers for laid-off employees searching for new jobs.

Some managers at Microsoft may be trying harder to retain talented employees with AI know-how, according to an internal document viewed by Business ... in the middle of job cuts and a salary ...

Lots of companies, including tech giants like Microsoft, Twitter and Meta, have conducted layoffs in the past year. While layoffs are always a possibility, this wave of job cuts won't last forever.

To wit, GM this week said it was axing roughly 500 salaried positions in performance-related job cuts ... company ranks. Business advisors who work with executives told Insider that companies ...