In May, Microsoft laid off around 3% of its workforce, eliminating more than 6,000 positions. It was the largest batch of layoffs from the company since 2023, when it cut 10,000 jobs. Just a few weeks later, on Monday, Microsoft laid off 305 employees, according to documents viewed by Bloomberg. It's unclear which departments were affected in this week's latest round. Microsoft employed approximately 228,000 full-time workers as of June 2024, but that was well before the May cuts and the latest rounds of layoffs.