Microsoft announced Wednesday that it is eliminating approximately 4,800 jobs worldwide, or about 2.1 percent of its global workforce.
The layoffs include 605 employees at the company headquarters in Redmond, Washington, including remote employees throughout the Puget Sound region, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing submitted to the Washington State Employment Security Department, obtained by The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI.
DEVELOPING: Microsoft is eliminating around 4,800 roles, about 2.1% of the global workforce.
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) July 6, 2026
According to sources, a lot of those jobs will be in the Seattle area
