Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

Microsoft is kicking off its fiscal year by laying off thousands of employees in the largest round of layoffs since 2023, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Microsoft is laying off as much as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday. The company, which had about 228,000 employees worldwide as of June 2024,