<p><span>After Microsoft's sales and profits </span><span><u>beat expectations</u></span><span> on Wall Street for the first quarter, Microsoft now says that it is laying off nearly 3% of its </span><span><u>entire workforce</u></span><span>, </span><span><u>or</u></span><span> about 6,000 people.</span> <br><br><span>Microsoft says the layoffs will be </span><span><u>across all levels and geographies</u></span><span>, but will focus on reducing the number of managers.</span><br><span> </span><br><span>The layoffs are expected to hit across all parts of Microsoft's business, including the career networking site LinkedIn and the video game platform Xbox.</span><br><span> </span><br><span>The last big </span><span><u>round of layoffs</u></span><span> occurred in 2023, with about 5% of the workforce cut as tech companies </span><span><u>scaled back(</u></span><span>축소하다)</span><span> from their pandemic-era expansions.</span><br><span> </span><br><span>I'm Lisa Dwyer.</span></p>
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