Microsoft Layoffs: No Plans To Lay Off Employees in India, Says Company’s South Asia Head Amid Reports of Job Cuts Across Departments Globally

Mumbai, January 13: Microsoft layoffs are set to affect various departments from workforce across the globe. The tech giant announced that the employees would be laid off based on the performance across different department likely affecting 1% of the workforce. With this announcement of layoffs, Satya Nadella-run company aims to focus on the high-performing employees.

Amid this, Microsoft India and South Asia President, Puneet Chandok, announced that no layoffs would be announced in Indian workforce, as per a report by BusinessLine. The software giant will continue to offer its services without cutting the workforce in the country despite cutting a small percentage of jobs across various departments from international workforce.

Microsoft spokesperson recently announced that the company would reduce its global staff by a small margin and those whose performed well would be retained. The spokesperson said, “When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action”. Despite terming these Microsoft layoffs as small, it would affect thousands.

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