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Microsoft has announced a sweeping round of layoffs, cutting approximately 6,000 roles globally—nearly 3% of its total workforce. The reductions span several departments, including its professional networking platform, LinkedIn, which is reportedly undergoing internal restructuring and role eliminations across product, engineering, and marketing functions.
The move is part of Microsoft’s broader efforts to streamline operations, reduce management layers, and enhance agility in a rapidly shifting technology and business landscape. The company has increasingly pivoted toward AI integration and productivity-focused tools, leading to redundancies in some traditional teams and roles.
While the global nature of the cuts has been confirmed, the extent of the impact on LinkedIn’s India operations remains speculative. India is one of LinkedIn’s fastest-growing markets, with strong user engagement and significant investment across enterprise hiring, learning, and creator ecosystems. However, details of any India-specific layoffs have not been publicly disclosed.
exchange4media reached out to LinkedIn India for confirmation on whether local teams have been affected, and received the following missive, attributable to a Microsoft spokesperson: “We continue to implement organisational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace.”
This is not the first round of LinkedIn layoffs in recent memory. In 2023, the company cut over 700 roles and shut down its China-focused jobs app, citing shifting market conditions and business realignment. The current round appears to be part of a more extensive push across the Microsoft ecosystem to consolidate functions and adapt to AI-led product strategies.
Industry observers note that workforce rationalisation at global tech firms often has downstream effects in their India offices, even if not immediately announced. For now, employees and job seekers alike are watching the developments closely, especially given the platform’s central role in professional networking and recruitment.
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