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Microsoft layoff: In a significant development impacting the employees of Microsoft across the world global software technology giant Microsoft is laying off employees of Washington-based office. As per a report by the Seattle Times the company continues to trim its workforce amid its massive spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure across the world. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent layoff from Microsoft. How many employees are fired in recent round? In the recent layoff reports have it that Microsoft has laid off 40 Washington-based employees. Monday’s layoffs revealed in a state filing are distinct from earlier global job cut announcements. In May Microsoft said it would lay off over 6000 employees followed by another 9000 in July. The company described Monday’s job cuts as minimal. So far this year Microsoft has eliminated a total of 3160 positions in Washington including the latest round. Why Microsoft is continuously firing employees? Earlier in July it was reported that Microsoft is laying off 4 per cent of its workforce or around 9000 employees in yet another round of job cuts this year. According to The Seattle Times employees in Microsoft’s Xbox division known as Microsoft Gaming are being hit hard by these layoffs. “To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas we will end or decrease work in certain areas of the business and follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management to increase agility and effectiveness” said Xbox leader Phil Spencer in a message to the team. Which employees are being fired by Microsoft? The fresh job cuts come less than two months after Microsoft announced it was laying off more than 6000 employees followed by an additional 305 reductions in early June. Microsoft laid off 1900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees in January 2024 followed by several game studio closures and job losses in May and 1000 job losses from its HoloLens and Azure cloud teams in June. (With inputs from agencies)