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.

Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance, the company confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.

Microsoft ( MSFT, Financial) is set for another round of layoffs, and sources say these will include underperformers in performance-based cuts. Business Insider reports that security will be impacted,

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is planning a round of performance-based layoffs, the company confirmed to the Business Journal Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Redmond-based tech giant declined to disclose how many people will be affected or to what extent the layoffs will impact its Puget Sound-region workforce.

Microsoft has announced that it will be reducing its workforce by a small percentage, affecting less than 1% of its employees across various departments. The company confirmed these performance-based job cuts in an email to CNBC,

Microsoft is cutting less than 1% of its workforce across departments based on employee performance, according to a spokesperson. The company had 228,000 employees as of June. Microsoft’s stock rose 12% last year,

Microsoft is reportedly planning to initiate performance-based job cuts across multiple departments. The news was first reported in Business Insider and later corroborated by CNBC. According to CNBC,

Microsoft reportedly plans a new round of job cuts in 2025, targeting low-performing employees across several divisions, including security.

Redmond claims cuts are performance based Microsoft kicks off the new year with more job cuts, as fewer than 1 percent of employees reportedly face the axe.… As first reported by Business Insider, Microsoft is trimming its workforce again,

Microsoft has announced performance-based job cuts across its departments, including its security division. The job cuts will affect less than 1% of its workforce.