Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to fall short of its standards.

At the beginning of 2023, Microsoft announced its plans to cut 10,000 jobs before the end of FY23 Q3, which would be approximately 5% of the company's workforce. Now, the tech giant has announced performance-based job cuts across its departments, including the company's security division. While speaking to CNBC, a Microsoft spokesman indicated:

The moves are part of a broader change in Microsoft's approach, which includes taking a harder look at low performers, sources told BI.

Microsoft has announced new performance-based layoffs affecting less than 1% of its global workforce of 228,000 employees. The company’s focus on “high-performance talent” drives these actions, which span multiple departments,