Microsoft reduced recruiting for its Windows, Office, and Teams departments this year, citing the need to realign personnel priorities, indicating that it was trying to operate with a lighter workforce. It lay off fewer than 1% (approximately 1,800) of its 180,000-person staff in July and subsequently withdrew open job advertising for its Azure cloud and security departments. Other technology businesses have taken similar measures in recent months. Google has reduced recruiting owing to an “uncertain global economic picture,” according to CEO Sundar Pichai. Meanwhile, Meta allegedly began laying off workers and rearranging teams in order to minimize expenses after Mark Zuckerberg informed employees that the firm was in “severe trouble.”
