Microsoft plans to cut around 6,000 jobs, less than 3% of its workforce, to streamline management. The layoffs affect various departments and follow a broader trend in the tech industry amid rising costs and shifting demands.

Microsoft is cutting roughly 6,000 jobs—nearly 3% of its global workforce—in its biggest round of layoffs in over two years, as the tech giant doubles down on artificial intelligence and streamlines management.

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024 and 2025.

A LinkedIn post purportedly written by Elmo in which he says he "was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts" went viral on social media.

A humorous yet fake LinkedIn post claiming Elmo's layoff due to federal budget cuts went viral before being debunked.

A cloud technology company says it is laying off 65 workers in Montgomery. Oracle plans to start cutting the jobs on June 30, according to a recent notice filed with the state on May 7. The company provides computing infrastructure and software for businesses and other organizations, per its LinkedIn page.

A federal judge issued a ruling Friday ordering a temporary pause in the Trump administration’s plan to slash various agencies and fire tens of thousands of federal workers. U.S.