Microsoft laid off another 689 workers from its Seattle-area offices Monday, the latest move by the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant to trim costs amid an industrywide post-pandemic slump.
The affected employees worked in Microsoft's offices in Redmond, Bellevue and Issaquah, Washington, a company spokesperson conformed. The layoffs were first made public in a notification posted Monday by the Washington State Employment Security Department.
So far, Microsoft has laid off nearly 2,200 Seattle-area workers, or 22% of the 10,000 global cuts CEO Satya Nadella said in January were necessary to "align our cost structure with our revenue and where we see customer demand."
