Microsoft to Drop 4 % of Group of Workers believe of Bulky Funding in Ai, Google, FB

American technology company Microsoft’s workforce will be reduced by about four percent. The company is making heavy investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Because of this, the staff is being reduced to reduce the cost. Earlier, Microsoft had trimmed a large number of workers.

According to a report by Reuters, the company had around 2,28,000 workers later in the end of last month. It is preparing to remove thousands of these workers. This will have a major impact on divisions like sales and gaming. Microsoft, which created the Home Windows operating system, had informed about a capital experience of about $ 80 billion in FY 2025. However, the cost of increasing infrastructure related to AI is affecting its margin. The company has stated that its plan is to reduce the number of managers and improve its products and procedure.

About 10 percent of the workers are also being removed from a division of Microsoft in Barcelona, ​​Spain. This division makes Sweet overwhelm video games. Earlier this year, META, which had an operated social media platform FB, had said that she had trimmed a large number of workers. Internet search engine Google’s company Alphabet also reduced its workforce. Google workers had expressed concern about this. The workers of the company started an internal petition titled ‘Job Security’. These workers said that such steps of the company affect their ability to work with good quality and weaken the morale.

Last month, CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai said that the hiring of engineers in the company will continue. He said that despite increasing the use of AI, it cannot replace workers. Pichai had reported that AI acts as an accelerator instead of Human talent options. This makes it easier for the company to take advantage of more occasions in the emerging area of ​​technology. Pichai had said, “I hope our existing engineering base will be extended by next year.” This attitude of Pichai is different from other companies who are looking at AI as a means of reducing the cost.

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