🚨 Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs — HR Chief Says AI Is Not the Cause
**Key Points:**
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$MSFT is eliminating ~4,800 roles, roughly 2.1% of its global workforce
- Cuts concentrated in sales and Xbox gaming divisions
- HR Chief Amy Coleman stated directly: *"The roles eliminated today are not being replaced by AI"*
- A voluntary buyout program saw ~3,000 of 9,000 eligible long-tenured employees exit earlier this year, reducing the scale of this round vs. 15,000 cut last year
Microsoft's workforce reshaping continues, but leadership is pushing back hard on the AI displacement narrative.
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