Microsoft Layoff 2024 July. Microsoft laid off nearly 2,000 employees in january in its gaming unit, three months after the tech giant completed its $69 billion acquisition of activision blizzard, the company’s largest. Companies like tesla, amazon, google, tiktok, snap and microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024.

Microsoft confirmed another round of job cuts, starting a potentially challenging 2024 fiscal year. It later made that 50%.