"A report on the site TipRanks said that Microsoft is "considering massive layoffs" this month, with the plan to cut anywhere between 11,000 and 22,000 jobs on the Azure Cloud, Xbox, and global sales teams. After circulating on Bluesky and X for a while, Windows Central editor Jez Corden purported that the news was "false" on Xbox's side of things. Not long after this, Microsoft CCO Frank X. Shaw--who's been at the company for nearly 17 years, according to his LinkedIn--chimed in to dismiss the report as well."
"That said, Microsoft has cut jobs at the company recently. In early July 2025, Microsoft laid off roughly 9,000 employees, with Xbox head Phil Spencer calling the cuts "necessary" for the company's enduring success. As a result of these cuts, several games were canceled and studios were closed so that the company could "increase agility and effectiveness," Spencer said at the time. Despite those layoffs, though, Microsoft still reached a valuation of $4 trillion in late July 2025."
Social media posts claimed Microsoft planned cuts of 11,000–22,000 jobs across Azure Cloud, Xbox, and global sales. Windows Central editor Jez Corden labeled the Xbox portion false. Microsoft chief communications officer Frank X. Shaw dismissed the report as fabricated, tweeting "100 percent made up / speculative / wrong." Shaw responded to commentary and said he awaited confirmation that the report was incorrect. Microsoft executed earlier layoffs in July 2025, removing roughly 9,000 employees; Xbox head Phil Spencer described those cuts as necessary, citing canceled games and closed studios to increase agility. Microsoft still reached a $4 trillion valuation in late July 2025.
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