Microsoft has made an unspecified number of layoffs across several divisions.
According to Business Insider, the cuts will impact employees in theXboxmaker’s security, sales and gaming businesses.
A spokesperson for the companyreportedly saidthe layoffs were small in number but didn’t confirm a figure.
The latest round of layoffs are separate from performance-based job cutsMicrosoftmade across departments last week.
Those cuts will affect less than 1% of its employees, which numbered 228,000 at the end of June 2024, according to aCNBCsource.
“At Microsoft we focus on high-performance talent,” a spokesperson for the company told the site. “We are always working on helping people learn and grow. When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action.”
Microsoft’s head of gaming announced last January that1,900 staff would be laid offacrossActivision Blizzard,Bethesdaand Xbox. At the time,Phil Spencerclaimed that the decision was ultimatelythe result of a lack of growth in the games industry.
The company announced afurther 650 jobs cuts in its gaming divisionlast September.
