AI Disruption

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Microsoft Kicks Off the Year with Layoffs, Salesforce Halts Hiring: Layoff Wave in the Age of AI

Microsoft Kicks Off the Year with Layoffs, Salesforce Halts Hiring: Layoff Wave in the Age of AI

Explore the impact of AI on tech layoffs, Microsoft and Salesforce strategies, and how businesses adapt to AI-driven productivity in 2025.

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Jan 13, 2025
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For Tech Industry Professionals: Excitement and Anxiety Amid Innovation and Layoffs.

Many professionals in the tech industry experience both excitement over breakthroughs in new technologies and anxiety about their own and the industry's future. The recent wave of layoffs has cast a shadow over the entire sector.

Microsoft Kicks Off 2025 with Layoff Wave

Massive layoffs at Microsoft as 1,900 jobs terminated, including at newly  acquired Activision – Firstpost

According to Business Insider, Microsoft plans to implement company-wide layoffs soon, targeting underperforming employees across various departments, including its security division.

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the layoffs but did not disclose specific numbers.

“At Microsoft, we value high-performing talent,” the spokesperson said. “We remain committed to helping employees learn and grow. When individuals underperform, we take appropriate action.”

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